List of Ancient Greek Poets - A

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• Adaios (lived ca. 450 BC)
• Adrianus (poet), wrote an epic poem on the history of Alexander the Great, of which only one line is extant.
• Aeschylus (Greek: Αἰσχύλος, /ˈɛskələs/, 525–456 BC)
• Aeschylus of Alexandria, epic poet, 2nd century
• Agathon (Greek Ἀγάθων) (c. 448–400 BC)
• Agathyllus (Gr. Ἀγάθυλλος) elegiac poet from Arcadia, who is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in reference to the history of Aeneas and the foundation of Rome.

• Alcaeus of Mytilene (ca. 620 BC-6th century BC), lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse
• Alcman (also Alkman, Greek Ἀλκμάν, 7th century BC) choral lyric poet from Sparta; earliest representative of the Alexandrinian canon of the Nine lyric poets.
• Alexander Aetolus of Pleuron in Aetolia, poet and man of letters, the only representative of Aetolian poetry, flourished about 280 BC
• Alexandrian Pleiad is the name given to a group of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians in the 3rd century BC.
• Alexis(ca. 375 BC-ca. 275 BC), comic poet of the Middle Comedy, born at Thurii and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen
• Amphis was an Athenian comic poet of uncertain origin from approximately the 4th century BC
• Anacreon (Greek Ἀνακρέων, born ca. 570 BC), lyric poet, notable for drinking songs and hymns and included in the canonical list of Nine lyric poets
• Antimachus, of Colophon or Claros, poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC
• Antimachus of Teos epic poet said to have observed an eclipse of the sun in 753 BC
• Antipater of Sidon (2nd century BC) writer and poet best known for his list of Seven Wonders of the World
• Antipater of Thessalonica author of more than a hundred epigrams in the Greek Anthology; flourished around 15 BC
• Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC) Arcadian poet, admired for her epigrams and epitaphs
• Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BC) grammarian, writer and historian most famous for a verse chronicle of Greek history from the fall of Troy in the 12th century BC to 144 BC
• Apollonius of Rhodes also known as Apollonius Rhodius (Latin; Greek Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος Apollōnios Rhodios; born early 3rd century BC — died after 246 BC) was an epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria.
• Aratus (Greek Aratos; ca. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) Macedonian Greek didactic poet, known for his technical poetry
• Archestratus (Greek Archestratos; fl. 330 BC) poet of Gela or Syracuse
• Archilochus (Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος; ca. 680 BC - ca. 645 BC) poet and mercenary
• Arctinus of Miletus epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary, as none of his works survive; traditionally dated between 775 BC and 741 BC
• Aristeas, semi-legendary poet and miracle-worker, a native of Proconnesus in Asia Minor, active ca. 7th century BC
• Aristophanes, c. 456-386 BC, known as the Father of Comedy
• Asclepiades of Samos epigrammatist, lyric poet, and friend of Theocritus, who flourished about 270 BC
• Asius of Samos, archaic epic
• Aulus Licinius Archias (fl. ca. 120 BC-61 BC) poet born in Antioch in Syria (modern Antakya in Turkey)