3rd century BC in poetry

Poets (by date of birth)

 * Apollonius of Rhodes (c. 295 - after 246 BCE), Greek
 * Ennius (239 - 169 BCE), Salento, Latin

Date unknown:
 * Herodas, Greek
 * Theocritus, Greek
 * Anyte of Tegea, Greek woman poet

Works

 * Likely date for the Book of Job, written in Hebrew

Poets (by date of birth)

 * Song Yu, Chu

Works

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