WRITER

Achilles Tatius

200 - 300

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Achilles Tatius (Greek: Ἀχιλλεὺς Τάτιος, Achilleus Tatios) of Alexandria was a Roman-era Greek writer of the 2nd century AD whose fame is attached to his only surviving work, the ancient Greek novel, or romance, The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Achilles Tatius has received more than 75,304 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Achilles Tatius is the 1,474th most popular writer (down from 1,204th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 216th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Achilles Tatius is most famous for his novel Leucippe and Cleitophon, which is an account of a love triangle.

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  • 75k

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  • 58.61

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Achilles Tatius ranks 1,474 out of 7,302Before him are Colin Dexter, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Elizabeth Siddal, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Don Juan Manuel, and Francis Jammes. After him are Vita Sackville-West, René Char, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Gottfried August Bürger, and Guido Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Achilles Tatius ranks 32Before him are Vologases VI, Gao Shun, Artemidorus, Liu Zhang, Sabellius, and Yue Jin. After him are Li Jue, Pope Pontian, Zhuge Dan, Empress He, Hua Xiong, and Marcia. Among people deceased in 300, Achilles Tatius ranks 9Before him are Sasan, Saturnin, Bhāsa, Meng Huo, Ma Dai, and Sabellius. After him are Minervina, Xenophon of Ephesus, Saint Martial, Kartir, Commodian, and Hermogenes of Tarsus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Achilles Tatius ranks 256 out of 642Before him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa (700), Nepherites II (-400), Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), Ammonius Hermiae (440), Samir Amin (1931), and Narriman Sadek (1933). After him are Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria (444), Ahmose (-1504), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Marika Rökk (1913), Ahmed Shafik (1941), and Menkare (-2200).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Achilles Tatius ranks 16Before him are Nonnus (500), Taha Hussein (1889), Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Dionysius Thrax (-170), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928). After him are Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Ibn al-Farid (1181), Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801), Herodas (-300), Edmond Jabès (1912), and Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898).