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5th century BC in poetry

Ancient Greece

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Poets (by date of birth)

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India

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Events

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  • Bimbisara, king of Magadha, hires poets to recite poems to his wife Khema describing the beauty of the monastery at which Gautama Buddha is staying in order to entice her to visit (approximate date)[9]

Citations

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  1. ^ OCD, sv Phrynicus (1)
  2. ^ Brunet et al., 5
  3. ^ Brunet et al, 356
  4. ^ Brunet et al, 392
  5. ^ Brunet et al, 107
  6. ^ OCD, sv Critias
  7. ^ OCD, sv Aristophanes (1)
  8. ^ OCD, sv Phrynicus (2)
  9. ^ Bansal, Sunita Pant (2006). On the Footsteps of Buddha. Smriti Books. p. 41. ISBN 9788187967736.

References

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  • S. Brunet, R. Smith, & S. Trzaskoma (eds. & trans.) (2004) Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation. Hackett Publishing Co.: Indianapolis, IN.
  • S. Hornblower, A. Spawforth, & E. Eidinow (eds.) (2012) The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th ed. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.
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