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7. Kypris: According to legend, Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, rose from the ocean's foaming and frothy waters just off the coast of Cyprus. The people of this treasured island venerated her so greatly they gave her another name in honor of their home, Kypris

6. Meleager: Meleager of Gadara (1st century BC) was a poet and collector of epigrams. He wrote some satirical prose, now lost, and some sensual poetry, of which 134 epigrams survive.

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5. Myrtis: Myrtis of Anthedon (6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet and is purported to be the teacher of Pindar of Thebes and Corinna of Tanagra. Scholars believe that she was the earliest in the line of lyric poets who emerged from Anthedon in the district of Boeotia which adjoins Attica.

4. Anyte of Tegea: Anyte of Tegea was a Hellenistic poet from Tegea in Arcadia. She is one of the nine outstanding ancient women poets listed by Antipater of Thessalonica in the Palatine Anthology. Anyte was known for her epigrams, and she introduced rural themes to the genre.

3. Antipater: Antipater of Thessalonica was a Greek epigrammatist of the Roman period.

2. Sappho: Sappho Aeolic Greek was an Archaic Greek woman poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets

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1. The word "Hellenistic" comes from the word Hellazein, which means "to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks." The term Hellenistic Poetry refers to literature composed in verse between the death of Alexander the Great and the battle of Actium (323-31 BCE) .