4th century BC in poetry

The Hellenistic World

Poets (by date of birth)

• Aratus of Soli (c. 315/310 - 240 BC), Macedonia, in Greek
• Theocritus (c. 310 - c. 250 BC), in Greek
• Callimachus (c. 305 - c. 240 BC), Alexandria, in Greek

China

Poets (by date of birth)

• Qu Yuan (340 - 278 BC)

Works

• Chu Ci, the second great anthology of early Chinese poetry