Home›Poets & Writers›All Poets & WritersBrowse ByAll Poets & WritersPoets and writers gathers the epic and lyric poets whose work is foundational to a tradition's literature without being itself a work of doctrine, scripture or ritual, Homer and Hesiod for Greek religion, Virgil and Ovid for Rome, Dante for medieval Christendom. A figure belongs here for the poetry's literary standing rather than for a religious office or a mystical claim, which is what separates this heading from the many poet-mystics gathered under their own traditions instead.FactsAll Poets & WritersConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1All Poets & WritersFilter Results15 entriesGenderAllFemale (2)Male (12)TraditionAllAncient Greek Religion (2)Christianity (1)Islam (1)Roman Religion (2)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (9)Historicity debated (1)EraAll-43 to 17 (1)-70 to -19 (1)-750 to -650 (1)-750 to -700 (1)1048 to 1131 (1)1265 to 1321 (1)1817 to 1862 (1)845 to 903 (1)Revered InAllChristianity (4)Islam (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (5)NationalityAllAncient Greece (Historical) (2)Armenia (1)Australia (1)Holy Roman Empire (Historical) (1)Iran (1)Japan (1)Republic of Florence (Historical) (1)Roman Empire (Historical) (2)United Kingdom (3)United States (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (6)Officially Recognized or Venerated (4)BrowseCompareSelect all 15C. S. LewisPoets & WritersDantePoets & WritersGeorge HerbertPoets & WritersGregory of NarekPoets & WritersHadewijchPoets & WritersHenry David ThoreauPoets & WritersHesiodPoets & WritersHomerPoets & WritersImran ibn HittanPoets & WritersOmar KhayyamPoets & WritersOvidPoets & WritersRhonda ByrnePoets & WritersSugawara no MichizanePoets & WritersThomas TrahernePoets & WritersVirgilPoets & WritersConnectionsAssociated WithRome, Cities Well-attested This source names Rome directly: "Greek religion, Virgil and Ovid for Rome, Dante for medieval Christendom."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.