Home›Short Lyric and Epigrammatic Forms›Era of Origin›By Century›5th centuryBrowse By5th centuryFacts5th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested300 BCE 15th centuryFilter Results1 entryPlace of OriginAllIndia (1)GenreAllLyric Poetry (1)Show ResultsThe Doha5th centurySources1. 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.