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Alciphron

200 - 200

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Alciphron (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκίφρων) was an ancient Greek sophist, and the most eminent among the Greek epistolographers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alciphron has received more than 41,259 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alciphron is the 2,032nd most popular writer (down from 2,002nd in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Syria (down from 87th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Syrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Alciphronis rhetoris Epistolae
1798
Alciphronis Rhetoris Epistularum libri IV
1901
Epistolae, graece et latine
1791
Letters from the Country and the Town of Fishermen, Farmers, Parasites, and Courtesans
Greek fiction, History and criticism, Romances
1922
Epistularum libri IV
Greek letters, Greek prose literature, Imaginary letters
1969
The letters of Alciphron, Aelian and Philostratus
Greek letters, Translations into English, Greek language materials
1949

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alciphron ranks 2,032 out of 7,302. Before him are Karen Armstrong, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Bob Woodward, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Aloysius Bertrand. After him are Jean Paulhan, Sulpicia, Menander Protector, Carl Zuckmayer, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, and Annette Kellermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Alciphron ranks 50. Before him are Fulvia Plautilla, Julius Pollux, Maximus of Tyre, Gongsun Du, Pantaenus, and Numenius of Apamea. After him are Sabinianus, Pacatianus, Fructuosus, Apollonius Dyscolus, Alexander of Jerusalem, and Abercius of Hieropolis. Among people deceased in 200, Alciphron ranks 19. Before him are Gaius Appuleius Diocles, Aquila of Sinope, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Yan Liang, Maximus of Tyre, and Numenius of Apamea. After him are Caesarius of Africa, Apollonius Dyscolus, Albinus, Chariton, Gan Ji, and Dionysius Periegetes.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Alciphron ranks 91 out of 210. Before him are Salah Jadid (1926), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Dündar Ali Osman (1930), Adib Shishakli (1909), Numenius of Apamea (200), and Cassius Longinus (213). After him are Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Salih Muslim (1951), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), John Moschus (550), and Husni al-Za'im (1897).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Alciphron ranks 12. Before him are Herodian (170), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Abu Tammam (788), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), and Cassius Longinus (213). After him are Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), John Moschus (550), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Maryana Marrash (1848), Ghada al-Samman (1942), and Buhturi (819).

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