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Agathon

448 BC - 401 BC

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Agathon (; Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθων; c. 448 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's Symposium, which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy at the Lenaia in 416. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agathon has received more than 184,548 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Agathon is the 921st most popular writer (down from 912th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Greece (down from 213th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Greek Writer.

Agnathon is most famous for the Olympic Games.

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  • 61.61

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Agathon ranks 921 out of 5,755. Before him are Tao Yuanming, André Bazin, Bruce Chatwin, Herodian, Miroslav Krleža, and Machado de Assis. After him are Ibn al-Muqaffa', Aimé Césaire, Jules Renard, James Jones, Alexandra David-Néel, and Ben Jonson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 448 BC, Agathon ranks 2. Before him is Aristophanes. After him is Bardylis. Among people deceased in 401 BC, Agathon ranks 4. Before him are Ezra, Zechariah, and Cyrus the Younger. After him are Agis II, Clearchus of Sparta, and Megabyzus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Agathon ranks 217 out of 936. Before him are Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), Cylon of Athens (-700), Demaratus (-600), Philostratus (170), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), and Archelaus (-500). After him are Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Thessalonike of Macedon (-352), Cleobulus (-590), Antiphon (-480), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), and Herodes Atticus (101).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Agathon ranks 27. Before him are Aelia Eudocia (401), Agathias (536), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Bacchylides (-490), and Philostratus (170). After him are Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Jean Moréas (1856), Corinna (-501), Rigas Feraios (1757), Ugo Foscolo (1778), and Lycophron (-320).

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