7th century BC in poetry

Poets

 * Approximate date of Valmiki

Works

 * Approximate date of the Ramayana

Poets (by date of birth)

 * Homer, born near or before the beginning of the century
 * Hesiod, born near or before the beginning of the century in Boeotia
 * Callinus (c. 740 - c. 665 BC)
 * Tyrtaeus (c. 700 - c. 640 BC)
 * Archilochus of Paros (born c. 700)
 * Alcman (dates unknown)
 * Semonides
 * Solon (ca. 638–558 BCE)
 * Mimnermus of Colophon (fl. 630-600)
 * Stesichorus (640 - 555 BCE), Himera, Sicily
 * Sappho (c. 630 - 570 BCE)
 * Alcaeus (born c. 620 in Mytilene)
 * Eumelus of Corinth (late 7th century BC)

Works

 * Odyssey
 * Iliad
 * Theogony
 * Works and Days
 * Homeric Hymns
 * Aethiopis [fragments]
 * Little Iliad [fragments]
 * Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy") [fragments]
 * Nostoi [fragments]
 * Telegony [fragments]
 * Cypria [fragments]
 * Oedipodea [fragments]
 * Thebaid [fragments]
 * Epigoni [fragments]
 * Alcmeonis (fragments)

Works

 * King Assurbanipal's library holds tablets that include versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enûma Elish

Poets (by date of birth)

 * Lady Xu Mu