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Antigonus of Carystus

290 BC - 197 BC

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Antigonus of Carystus (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος; Latin: Antigonus Carystius), a Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BCE. After some time spent at Athens and travelling, he was summoned to the court of Attalus I (241 BCE–197 BCE) of Pergamum. His chief work is the Successions of Philosophers drawn from personal knowledge, with considerable fragments preserved in Athenaeus and Diogenes Laërtius. His work Ἱστοριῶν παραδόξων συναγωγή (Historiae Mirabiles, "Collection of Wonderful Tales"), a paradoxographical work chiefly extracted from the Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων (On Marvellous Things Heard) attributed to Aristotle and the Θαυμάσια ("Thaumasia") of Callimachus, survived to modernity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antigonus of Carystus has received more than 26,493 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Antigonus of Carystus is the 2,497th most popular writer (down from 2,350th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Greece (down from 454th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 2,497 out of 7,302. Before him are Valery Larbaud, Karin Fossum, Stefan Heym, Walter of Châtillon, Michael Bishop, and Dag Solstad. After him are Maria Gripe, Giovanni de' Bardi, Carlos Marighella, Balthasar Russow, Herman Gorter, and Annie M. G. Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 290 BC, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 6. Before him are Zhang Liang, Menippus, Sostratus of Cnidus, Teuta, and Phriapatius. After him are Titus Manlius Torquatus, Anyte of Tegea, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Among people deceased in 197 BC, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 2. Before him is Attalus I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 474 out of 1,024. Before him are Archidamus V (-250), Callicratidas (-500), Menedemus (-340), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945), and Mentor of Rhodes (-380). After him are Apollodorus (-500), Praxilla (-500), Demaratus of Corinth (-700), Georgios Kondylis (1878), Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), and Hecataeus of Abdera (-400).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 58. Before him are Dexippus (210), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Phylarchus (-255), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dionysios Solomos (1798), and Philostratus of Lemnos (200). After him are Praxilla (-500), Philitas of Cos (-400), Kostis Palamas (1859), Antiphanes (-388), Acusilaus (-600), and Anyte of Tegea (-290).

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