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Apion

30 BC - 45

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Apion Pleistoneices (Greek: Ἀπίων Πλειστονίκου Apíōn Pleistoníkēs; 30–20 BC – c. AD 45–48), also called Apion Mochthos, was a Hellenized Egyptian grammarian, sophist, and commentator on Homer. He was born at the Siwa Oasis and flourished in the first half of the 1st century AD. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apion has received more than 131,234 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Apion is the 2,599th most popular writer (up from 3,813th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 426th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Apion ranks 2,599 out of 7,302. Before him are Konstantin Batyushkov, Boris Pilnyak, Gerald Gardner, Emma Orczy, Friedrich von Lütke, and Édouard Glissant. After him are Jónas Hallgrímsson, Mariana Alcoforado, George Whitefield, Ubayd Zakani, Géza Gárdonyi, and Paschasius Radbertus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 30 BC, Apion ranks 1. After him is Pythodorida of Pontus. Among people deceased in 45, Apion ranks 2. Before him is Philo.

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    Philo

    PHILOSOPHER

    15 BC - 45

    HPI: 76.32

    Rank: 1

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    Apion

    WRITER

    30 BC - 45

    HPI: 60.46

    Rank: 2

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Apion ranks 359 out of 642. Before him are Shawar (1100), Sayed Darwish (1892), Hassan Shehata (1947), Sobekemsaf I (-1650), Dionysius Periegetes (100), and Lysandra (-300). After him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), An-Nasir Hasan (1334), Cleomenes of Naucratis (-400), Rashad Khalifa (1935), Hazem El Beblawi (1936), and Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Apion ranks 31. Before him are Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Zosimos of Panopolis (250), Albert Cossery (1913), Sotion (-250), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), and Dionysius Periegetes (100). After him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), Farag Foda (1946), Salama Moussa (1887), and Georges Schehadé (1905).

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