[{"n": "Alcman", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/alcman/", "s": "Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta, earliest of the Nine Lyric Poets."}, {"n": "Apollonius of Rhodes", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/apollonius-of-rhodes/", "s": "Ancient Greek poet and librarian, author of the Argonautica."}, {"n": "Aratus", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/aratus/", "s": "Greek didactic poet known for his astronomical poem Phenomena."}, {"n": "Archilochus", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/archilochus/", "s": "Archaic iambic poet from Paros, known for personal themes."}, {"n": "Bacchylides", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/bacchylides/", "s": "Greek lyric poet, one of the Nine Lyric Poets, known for clarity and simplicity."}, {"n": "Callimachus", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/callimachus/", "s": "Hellenistic poet, scholar, and librarian of Alexandria."}, {"n": "Cædmon", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/c-dmon/", "s": "Earliest named English poet, inspired by a dream."}, {"n": "Cynewulf", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/cynewulf/", "s": "One of four named Old English poets with surviving work."}, {"n": "Caecilius Statius", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/caecilius-statius/", "s": "Roman comic poet, adapter of Greek New Comedy."}, {"n": "Amr ibn Kulthum", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/amr-ibn-kulthum/", "s": "Pre-Islamic poet and chieftain of the Taghlib tribe."}, {"n": "Antarah ibn Shaddad", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/antarah-ibn-shaddad/", "s": "Pre-Islamic Arab poet and knight of the Banu Abs."}, {"n": "Aśvaghoṣa", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/a-vagho-a/", "s": "Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, and poet from ancient India."}, {"n": "Bhāsa", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/bh-sa/", "s": "Bhāsa is among the earliest known Sanskrit playwrights, active before Kālidāsa."}, {"n": "Bhavabhuti", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/bhavabhuti/", "s": "Eighth-century Sanskrit playwright and successor to Kalidasa."}, {"n": "Bilhana", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/bilhana/", "s": "11th-century Sanskrit poet from Kashmir who served three royal courts."}, {"n": "Cao Zhi", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/cao-zhi/", "s": "Prince of Cao Wei and influential Jian'an poet."}, {"n": "Bao Zhao", "u": "/e/poets-of-the-ancient-world/bao-zhao/", "s": "Liu Song poet known for his fu rhapsody on a ruined city."}]