Chrétien de Troyes

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Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvère who flourished in the late 12th century. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been fr...

Palladas

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Palladas (flourished 4th century AD) was a Greek poet, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. All that is known about this poet has been deduced from his...

Bragi Boddason

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In his "Edda" Snorri Sturluson quotes many stanzas attributed to Bragi Boddason the old ("Bragi Boddason inn gamli"), a court poet who served...

Imru' Al-Qais

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Ameru' al-Qays, or Imru'u al Quais, Ibn Hujr Al-Kindi, Arabic (امرؤ القيس بن حجر بن الحارث الكندي), was an Arabian poet of the 6th century, the auth...
Al-Khansa

Al-Khansa

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Tumadir bint Amru al-Harith bint al-Sharid, usually simply referred to as Al-Khansa (Arabic translated as either "gazelle" or "short-nosed") was a...

Samaw'Al Ibn 'Adiya

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as-Samaw’al (Shmuel) bin ‘Ādiyā’ or Samuel ibn 'Adiya was an Arabian Jewish poet and warrior, in the first half of the 6th century. His mother w...

Tarafa

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Tarafa, or Tarafah ibn al 'Abd ben Sufyan ben Malik al Bakri, was a 6th century Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr. After a wild and dissipated...

Jabal Ibn Jawwal

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Jabal ibn Jawwal was a Jewish poet who wrote in the Arabic language during the 7th century. He was a contemporary of Muhammad. According to ibn...