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Alcaeus of Mytilene

620 BC - 560 BC

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Alcaeus of Mytilene (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC) was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. He was a contemporary of Sappho, with whom he may have exchanged poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alcaeus of Mytilene has received more than 312,914 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Alcaeus of Mytilene is the 272nd most popular writer (down from 261st in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Greece (up from 77th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Writer.

Alcaeus of Mytilene is most famous for being a lyric poet in ancient Greece. He was born in Mytilene and was one of the Nine Lyric Poets.

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Among writers, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 272 out of 7,302. Before him are Salman Rushdie, Primo Levi, Arthur Miller, Anna Komnene, Walt Whitman, and Bartolomé de las Casas. After him are Jordanes, Marguerite Duras, Henrik Pontoppidan, Alphonse Daudet, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Italo Calvino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 620 BC, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 2. Before him is Aesop. After him is Sushruta. Among people deceased in 560 BC, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 1. After him are Thespis, Alyattes of Lydia, Myia, Dorieus, and Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 74 out of 1,024. Before him are Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Constantine I of Greece (1868), Peleus (null), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Nana Mouskouri (1934), and Lysippos (-390). After him are Clement of Alexandria (150), George II of Greece (1890), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Philip III of Macedon (-359), and Pope Dionysius (200).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 10. Before him are Aristophanes (-448), Aeschylus (-525), Sappho (-630), Menander (-342), Pindar (-517), and Nikos Kazantzakis (1883). After him are Archilochus (-680), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Arion (-700), Phaedrus (-20), and Lysias (-445).

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