Home›Short Lyric and Epigrammatic Forms›Mode›PoetryBrowse ByPoetryFactsPoetrySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested300 BCE 1PoetryFilter Results6 entriesPlace of OriginAllIndia (2)Philippines (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)GenreAllComedy (1)Lyric Poetry (4)Poetry (1)Influenced ByAllThe Haiku (1)The Tanka (1)Language TraditionAllSanskrit (1)Tagalog (1)Welsh (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6The CinquainPoetryThe ClerihewPoetryThe DohaPoetryThe EnglynPoetryThe SubhashitaPoetryThe TanagaPoetrySources1. Epigram (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationEpigram, Ancient Greek section, Hellenistic-period genre sentenceQuote, Epigram, Ancient Greek section, Hellenistic-period genre sentenceEpigram became a literary genre in the Hellenistic period, probably developing out of scholarly collections of inscriptional epigrams.View the SourceComments (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.