6th century in poetry
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Arabic world
Pre-Islamic poetry at its height as the Arabic languageArabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
emerges as a literary language.
Poets
- 'Abid ibn al-Abris, (d. 554)
- Samaw'al ibn 'AdiyaSamaw'al ibn 'Adiyaas-Samaw’al bin ‘Ādiyā’ .AlSamuel ibn 'Adiya was an Arabian poet and warrior, in the first half of the 6th century. His clan converted to Judaism when they were in Yemen...
(d. c. 560) - 'Alqama ibn 'Abada'Alqama ibn 'Abada'Alqama ibn 'Ubada , Arabic علقمة بن عبدة generally known as 'Alqama al-Fahl علقمة الفحل , an Arabian poet of the tribe Tamim, who flourished in the second half of the 6th century....
- Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'shaAl-A'shaAl-A'sha or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha was an Arabic Jahiliyyah poet from Manfuha, Arabia.He was widely traveled and was nicknamed Al-A'sha which means "night-blind" after he lost his sight. One of his qasidah or odes is sometimes included in the Mu'allaqat, an early Arabic poetry collection....
(570–625) - al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani
- Amr ibn KulthumAmr ibn KulthumAmr ibn Kulthum Ibn Malik Ibn A`tab Abu Al-Aswad al-Taghlibi , a knight and the leader of the Taghlab tribe which was in Al-Forat island and was famous for its glory, bravery and merciless behavior in battle...
( - c. 584?) - Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
- Asma bint MarwanAsma bint MarwanʻAṣmāʼ bint Marwān was a female member of the Ummayad clan who lived in Medina in 7th century Arabia.The story of her death by command of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, after she bitterly opposed him with poetry and provoked other pagans to commit violence against him, can be found in the sīra...
- Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-YashkuriHarith Ibn Hilliza Ul-YashkuriAl-Harith Ibn Hillizah Al-Yashkuri, Arabic الحارث بن حلزة اليشكري pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the tribe of Bakr, from the 5th century. He was famous as the author of one of the poems generally received among the Mo'allakat. Nothing is known of the details of his life....
(approx.) - Imru' al-QaisImru' al-QaisImru` al-Qais bin Hujr al-Kindi was an Arabian poet in the 6th century AD, and also the son of one of the last Kindite kings. His qaseeda, or long poem, "Let us stop and weep" is one of the seven Mu'allaqat, poems prized as the best examples of pre-Islamic Arabian verse...
flourished mid-century; purported inventor of the QasidaQasidaThe qaṣīdaᵗ , in Arabic: قصيدة, plural qasā'id, قــصــائـد; in Persian: قصیده , is a form of lyric poetry that originated in preIslamic Arabia...
form - Ka'b bin ZuhayrKa'b bin ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr was a pagan in the time of Muḥammad, the eldest son of Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ, and one of six men who refused the prophet's attempts to convert them....
flourished during the time of Mohammed - LabīdLabidLabid can either refer to*Labīd, the Arabian poet*Labid, a brand name for theophylline...
(560–661) - Samaw'al ibn 'AdiyaSamaw'al ibn 'Adiyaas-Samaw’al bin ‘Ādiyā’ .AlSamuel ibn 'Adiya was an Arabian poet and warrior, in the first half of the 6th century. His clan converted to Judaism when they were in Yemen...
(d. c. 560), a Jewish poet writing in ArabicArabic languageArabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... - Tarafah ibn al 'AbdTarafaTarafa , was a 6th century Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr.After a wild and dissipated youth spent in Bahrain, left his native land after peace had been established between the tribes of Bakr and Taghlib and went with his uncle Al-Mutalammis to the court of the king of Hira, 'Amr ibn-Hind ,...
Poets
Listed in order by year of birth, if known or estimated:- AneirinAneirinAneirin or Neirin was a Dark Age Brythonic poet. He is believed to have been a bard or 'court poet' in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North or Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland...
, a BrythonicBritons (historical)The Britons were the Celtic people culturally dominating Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages. They spoke the Insular Celtic language known as British or Brythonic...
BardBardIn medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...
, flourishes in CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
toward the end of the century - AratorAratorArator was a sixth century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy. His best known work, De Actibus Apostolorum, is a verse history of the Apostles.-Biography:...
, of LiguriaLiguriaLiguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...
, writing in LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and... - Sigisteus, Vandal count, patron of Parthenius (poet) and a poet himself
- Parthenius (poet) patronized by the Vandal Count Sigisteus
- Jacob of SerughJacob of SerughJacob of Serugh , also called Mar Jacob, was one of the foremost Syriac poet-theologians among the Syriac, perhaps only second in stature to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. Where his predecessor Ephrem is known as the 'Harp of the Spirit', Jacob is the 'Flute of the Spirit'...
(451 – Nov. 521), writing in Syriac - Blossius Aemilius DracontiusBlossius Aemilius DracontiusBlossius Aemilius Dracontius c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage, Christian poet, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century. He belonged to a family of land proprietors, and practiced as an advocate in his native place...
(c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage, a Latin poet - Magnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.He was one of four fifth to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 468 and bishop of Clermont , Ruricius bishop of Limoges ...
(474 – July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin - ColuthusColuthusColuthus, often Colluthus, of Lycopolis in the Egyptian Thebaid, was an epic poet writing in Greek, who flourished during the reign of Anastasius I...
of Lycopolis (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
491-518), writing in GreekAncient GreekAncient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek... - Venantius FortunatusVenantius FortunatusVenantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus was a Latin poet and hymnodist in the Merovingian Court, and a Bishop of the early Catholic Church. He was never canonised but was venerated as Saint Venantius Fortunatus during the Middle Ages.-Life:Venantius Fortunatus was born between 530 and 540 A.D....
(c. 530 – c. 600), LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy - TaliesinTaliesinTaliesin was an early British poet of the post-Roman period whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin...
(c. 534 – c. 599), the earliest identified WelshWelsh peopleThe Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
poet - Chilperic IChilperic IChilperic I was the king of Neustria from 561 to his death. He was one of the sons of the Frankish king Clotaire I and Queen Aregund....
(c. 539 – September 584) Frankish king of NeustriaNeustriaThe territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities...
and a Latin poet - Saint ColumbanusColumbanusColumbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries on the European continent from around 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil and Bobbio , and stands as an exemplar of Irish missionary activity in early medieval Europe.He spread among the...
(c. 543–615), Hiberno-LatinHiberno-LatinHiberno-Latin, also called Hisperic Latin, was a learned sort of Latin literature created and spread by Irish monks during the period from the sixth century to the tenth century.-Vocabulary and Influence:...
poet and writer
Works
- TaliesinTaliesinTaliesin was an early British poet of the post-Roman period whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin...
(c. 534 – c. 599), whose work has survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of TaliesinBook of TaliesinThe Book of Taliesin is one of the most famous of Middle Welsh manuscripts, dating from the first half of the 14th century though many of the fifty-six poems it preserves are taken to originate in the 10th century. The manuscript, known as Peniarth MS 2 and kept at the National Library of Wales,...
. - 544 – AratorAratorArator was a sixth century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy. His best known work, De Actibus Apostolorum, is a verse history of the Apostles.-Biography:...
declaims his poem De Actibus Apostolorum in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi
Poets
- MusaeusMusaeusMusaeus or Musaios was the name of three Greek poets.-Musaeus of Athens:Musaeus was a legendary polymath, philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica...
- AgathiasAgathiasAgathias or Agathias Scholasticus , of Myrina , an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor , was a Greek poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558....
(c. 536–582/594) - Paulus Silentiarius (died 575–580),
- Romanos the Melodist (approx.)
- ProcopiusProcopiusProcopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History...
(c. 500–565)
Timeline
- 500 – ProcopiusProcopiusProcopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History...
born about this year (died 565) - 501 Su XiaoxiaoSu XiaoxiaoSu Xiaoxiao , also known as Su Xiaojun and sometimes by the appellation "Little Su", was a famous courtesan and poet from Qiantang city in the Southern Qi Dynasty...
died, famous Chinese courtesan and poet - 505 – Blossius Aemilius DracontiusBlossius Aemilius DracontiusBlossius Aemilius Dracontius c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage, Christian poet, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century. He belonged to a family of land proprietors, and practiced as an advocate in his native place...
born about this year (born 455) of Carthage, a Latin poet - 521
- July 17 – Magnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.He was one of four fifth to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 468 and bishop of Clermont , Ruricius bishop of Limoges ...
died (born 474 – July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin - November – Jacob of SerughJacob of SerughJacob of Serugh , also called Mar Jacob, was one of the foremost Syriac poet-theologians among the Syriac, perhaps only second in stature to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. Where his predecessor Ephrem is known as the 'Harp of the Spirit', Jacob is the 'Flute of the Spirit'...
died (born 451), writing in Syriac
- July 17 – Magnus Felix Ennodius
- 530 – Venantius FortunatusVenantius FortunatusVenantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus was a Latin poet and hymnodist in the Merovingian Court, and a Bishop of the early Catholic Church. He was never canonised but was venerated as Saint Venantius Fortunatus during the Middle Ages.-Life:Venantius Fortunatus was born between 530 and 540 A.D....
born (c. 530 – c. 600), LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy - 534 – TaliesinTaliesinTaliesin was an early British poet of the post-Roman period whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin...
born about this year (died c. 599), the earliest identified WelshWelsh peopleThe Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
poet - 536 – AgathiasAgathiasAgathias or Agathias Scholasticus , of Myrina , an Aeolian city in western Asia Minor , was a Greek poet and the principal historian of part of the reign of the Roman emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558....
born about this year (died 582/594); Ancient Greek poet and historian - 539 – Chilperic IChilperic IChilperic I was the king of Neustria from 561 to his death. He was one of the sons of the Frankish king Clotaire I and Queen Aregund....
born (died September 584) Frankish king of NeustriaNeustriaThe territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities...
and a Latin poet - 543 – Saint ColumbanusColumbanusColumbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries on the European continent from around 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil and Bobbio , and stands as an exemplar of Irish missionary activity in early medieval Europe.He spread among the...
(died 615), Hiberno-LatinHiberno-LatinHiberno-Latin, also called Hisperic Latin, was a learned sort of Latin literature created and spread by Irish monks during the period from the sixth century to the tenth century.-Vocabulary and Influence:...
poet and writer - 544 – AratorAratorArator was a sixth century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy. His best known work, De Actibus Apostolorum, is a verse history of the Apostles.-Biography:...
declaims his poem De Actibus Apostolorum in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi - 554 – 'Abid ibn al-Abris died about this year; ArabicArabic poetryArabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter...
poet - 560:
- Samaw'al ibn 'AdiyaSamaw'al ibn 'Adiyaas-Samaw’al bin ‘Ādiyā’ .AlSamuel ibn 'Adiya was an Arabian poet and warrior, in the first half of the 6th century. His clan converted to Judaism when they were in Yemen...
died about this year; Jewish poet writing in ArabicArabic poetryArabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter... - LabīdLabidLabid can either refer to*Labīd, the Arabian poet*Labid, a brand name for theophylline...
born this year (died 661); ArabicArabic poetryArabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter...
poet
- Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya
- 565 – ProcopiusProcopiusProcopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History...
died (born about 500) - 570 – Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'shaAl-A'shaAl-A'sha or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha was an Arabic Jahiliyyah poet from Manfuha, Arabia.He was widely traveled and was nicknamed Al-A'sha which means "night-blind" after he lost his sight. One of his qasidah or odes is sometimes included in the Mu'allaqat, an early Arabic poetry collection....
born (died 625) - 580 – Antara Ibn Shaddad died about this year; ArabicArabic poetryArabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter...
poet - 584
- (September) – Chilperic IChilperic IChilperic I was the king of Neustria from 561 to his death. He was one of the sons of the Frankish king Clotaire I and Queen Aregund....
died (born 539) Frankish king of NeustriaNeustriaThe territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities...
and a Latin poet - Amr ibn KulthumAmr ibn KulthumAmr ibn Kulthum Ibn Malik Ibn A`tab Abu Al-Aswad al-Taghlibi , a knight and the leader of the Taghlab tribe which was in Al-Forat island and was famous for its glory, bravery and merciless behavior in battle...
died about this year; ArabicArabic poetryArabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter...
poet
- (September) – Chilperic I
- 599 – TaliesinTaliesinTaliesin was an early British poet of the post-Roman period whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin...
died about this year (born c. 534), the earliest identified WelshWelsh peopleThe Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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