2nd century BC in poetry

China

Poets (by date of birth) Jia Yi (200 - 168 BCE) Sima Xiangru (179-117 BCE), Western Han Sima Qian (145 - ? BCE)

South Asia

Poets Approximate time of Tiruvalluvar (300 - 100 BCE), writing in Tamil

Works Compilation of the Pathinenmaelkanakku (Eighteen Major Anthology Series) of early Tamil poetry.

Mediterranean world

Poets (by date of birth) Antipater of Sidon Lucius Afranius (poet)

Works likely latest date for the Book of Proverbs, written in Hebrew

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