WRITER

Alcman

611 BC - 601 BC

Alcman

Alcman (; Greek: Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl. 7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the Alexandrian canon of the Nine Lyric Poets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alcman has received more than 176,388 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Alcman is the 1,160th most popular writer (down from 1,102nd in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 410th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Writer.

Alcman is most famous for his poem about the chariot race of Pelops and Oenomaus.

Memorability Metrics

180k
Page Views (PV)
60.64
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
37
Languages Editions (L)
9.16
Effective Languages (L*)
2.46
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Partheneion

1951

Page views of Alcmen by language

Over the past year Alcman has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 21,686 views, followed by Italian (8,025), and Spanish (5,580). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (89.04%), Latin (71.11%), and Sicilian (65.70%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alcman ranks 1,160 out of 7,302. Before him are Ljudevit Gaj, Jernej Kopitar, Comtessa de Dia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Bolesław Prus, and Forough Farrokhzad. After him are Rosalía de Castro, Aleksis Kivi, Deepak Chopra, Sankardev, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Gottfried Benn.

Others Born in 611 BC

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Alcman
WRITER
611 BC - 601 BC
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1

Others Deceased in 601 BC

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Alcman
WRITER
611 BC - 601 BC
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1
Madius
POLITICIAN
650 BC - 601 BC
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2

In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Alcman ranks 359 out of 1,347. Before him are Gülçiçek Hatun (1355), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Boris II of Bulgaria (931), Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha (1637), Fan Noli (1882), and Menaechmus (-375). After him are Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1216), Theophanes the Greek (1340), Stephanus of Byzantium (501), Ertuğrul Osman (1912), Philetaerus (-340), and Maria of Antioch (1145).

Others born in Türkiye

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Gülçiçek Hatun
POLITICIAN
1355 - 1389
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 353
Aretaeus of Cappadocia
PHYSICIAN
100 - 200
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 354
Boris II of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
931 - 977
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 355
Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
POLITICIAN
1637 - 1691
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 356
Fan Noli
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1965
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 357
Menaechmus
MATHEMATICIAN
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 358
Alcman
WRITER
611 BC - 601 BC
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 359
Isabella, Queen of Armenia
POLITICIAN
1216 - 1252
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 360
Theophanes the Greek
PAINTER
1340 - 1410
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 361
Stephanus of Byzantium
POLITICIAN
501 - 600
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 362
Ertuğrul Osman
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2009
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 363
Philetaerus
POLITICIAN
340 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 364
Maria of Antioch
COMPANION
1145 - 1182
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 365