''See also:'' [[Atheism and poetry]]
[[File:Diagoras of melos.jpg|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Diagoras of Melos]] was an [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] atheist, poet and [[sophism|sophist]] of the 5th century BC.]]
As noted above, atheism has existed for thousands of years. At the present time, there is no large collection of quality atheistic [[poetry]]. For example, [[Wikipedia]], which was founded by an atheist and [[agnosticism|agnostic]], has no article on atheist poetry, yet it does have articles on [[Christian poetry]] and biblical poetry.</ref><ref>As of 11/29/2015 Wikipedia had no article on atheist poetry</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_poetry Christian poetry - Wikipedia</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_poetry Biblical poetry - Wikipedia]</ref>
[[Diagoras of Melos]] was a 5th century B.C. [[Greek]] [[philosopher]], poet, [[sophism|sophist]] and atheist. According to the book ''Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-writers'' by George Stanley Farnell, "His position as a poet seems to be one of little prominence, and he probably abandoned his art for philosophical speculation."<ref>''Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-writers'' by George Stanley Farnell, page 269</ref> There is little information about Diagoras of Melos' life and his beliefs. And no atheist poems have been found written by him as far as the historical record.