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Archilochus

680 BC - 645 BC

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Archilochus (; Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος Arkhílokhos; c. 680 – c. 645 BC) was a Greek lyric poet of the Archaic period from the island of Paros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archilochus has received more than 433,396 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Archilochus is the 286th most popular writer (up from 351st in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 90th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Greek Writer.

Archilochus was a Greek poet who wrote in the 7th century BC. He is most famous for his poems about war, love, and wine.

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  • 430k

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  • 70.14

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Archilochus ranks 286 out of 5,755. Before him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Eugenio Montale, Primo Levi, Amos Oz, Tomas Tranströmer, and Robert Musil. After him are Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Ernst Jünger, Simonides of Ceos, Alice Munro, and Claude Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 680 BC, Archilochus ranks 1. After him is Callinus. Among people deceased in 645 BC, Archilochus ranks 1. After him are Guan Zhong and Terpander.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Archilochus ranks 83 out of 936. Before him are Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Paul of Greece (1901), Pope Dionysius (200), Hippias (-443), Galla Placidia (388), and Hephaestion (-356). After him are Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Aristides (-550), Simonides of Ceos (-556), and Pheidippides (-600).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Archilochus ranks 11. Before him are Euripides (-480), Sappho (-630), Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), and Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620). After him are Simonides of Ceos (-556), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), Phaedrus (-20), and Tyrtaeus (-700).

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