WRITER

Aratus

315 BC - 240 BC

Aratus

Aratus (; Greek: Ἄρατος ὁ Σολεύς; c. 315 BC/310 BC – 240) was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem Phenomena (Greek: Φαινόμενα, Phainómena, "Appearances"; Latin: Phaenomena), the first half of which is a verse setting of a lost work of the same name by Eudoxus of Cnidus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aratus has received more than 255,632 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Aratus is the 662nd most popular writer (up from 714th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 297th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Writer.

Aratus of Soli was a Greek poet who wrote the first systematic account of the constellations.

Memorability Metrics

260k
Page Views (PV)
64.77
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
35
Languages Editions (L)
9.80
Effective Languages (L*)
2.42
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Arati, Phaenomena et Diosemae

1817

Arati Phaenomena

1893

Sky Signs

Astronomy, Ancient

1983

Aratus

History

Aratus of Soli was a highly original poet of the early third century BC, famous throughout antiquity for his poem on constellations and weather signs, and imitated by later Greek and Latin poets. This volume presents for the first time in English an edition of the poem with a full introduction, a facing translation and a line-by-line commentary. The text is based on a new reading of the mss, including one not used before. The work provides a valuable basis for further research on Aratus and on Hellenistic poetry in general.

1997

Scholia in Aratum Vetera

History

Written primarily in Greek, 1974 edition.

1998

Page views of Aratuses by language

Over the past year Aratus has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 31,047 views, followed by Spanish (8,094), and Italian (7,004). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (52.67%), Mirandese (50.82%), and Serbo-Croatian (34.39%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aratus ranks 662 out of 7,302. Before him are Ursula K. Le Guin, Camilo José Cela, Washington Irving, Frontinus, Ian McEwan, and Isabelle de Charrière. After him are Giambattista Basile, Ivan Goncharov, Irwin Shaw, Eduardo Galeano, Sugawara no Michizane, and Theodore the Studite.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Ursula K. Le Guin
1929 - 2018
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 656
Camilo José Cela
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 657
Washington Irving
1783 - 1859
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 658
Frontinus
30 - 103
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 659
Ian McEwan
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 660
Isabelle de Charrière
1740 - 1805
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 661
Aratus
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 662
Giambattista Basile
1566 - 1632
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 663
Ivan Goncharov
1812 - 1891
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 664
Irwin Shaw
1913 - 1984
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 665
Eduardo Galeano
1940 - 2015
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 666
Sugawara no Michizane
845 - 903
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 667
Theodore the Studite
759 - 826
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 668

Contemporaries

Among people born in 315 BC, Aratus ranks 3. Before him are Theocritus, and Arcesilaus. After him is Leonidas II. Among people deceased in 240 BC, Aratus ranks 4. Before him are Euclid, Callimachus, and Arcesilaus. After him are Zou Yan, and Posidippus.