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Arion

700 BC - 660 BC

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Arion (; Greek: Ἀρίων) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arion has received more than 384,428 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Arion is the 400th most popular writer (up from 474th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Greece (up from 120th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Greek Writer.

Arion is most famous for his lyre playing and singing.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arion ranks 400 out of 5,755. Before him are Sergei Yesenin, Cornelius Nepos, Pietro Aretino, Sylvia Plath, Paula Hitler, and Edward Said. After him are Lysias, Paul Auster, Propertius, Martial, Alvin Toffler, and Tom Clancy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Arion ranks 4. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Astyages, and Cyaxares. After him are Psamtik I, Jeconiah, Tyrtaeus, Amasis II, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Periander, and Psamtik II. Among people deceased in 660 BC, Arion ranks 1. After him are Jeconiah, Aristomenes, Ashur-uballit II, and Lesches.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Arion ranks 110 out of 936. Before him are Scopas (-395), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Necho II (-625), Agrippina the Elder (-14), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), and Saint Titus (13). After him are Lysias (-445), Philomena (291), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Polycrates (-600), Melina Mercouri (1920), and Karolos Papoulias (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Arion ranks 14. Before him are Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), and Nâzım Hikmet (1902). After him are Lysias (-445), Phaedrus (-20), Tyrtaeus (-700), Longus (110), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Periander (-700).

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