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Aristarchus of Samothrace

217 BC - 144 BC

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Aristarchus of Samothrace (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σαμόθραξ Aristarchos o Samothrax; c. 220 – c. 143 BC) was an ancient Greek grammarian, noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristarchus of Samothrace has received more than 114,821 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Aristarchus of Samothrace is the 984th most popular writer (down from 944th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Greece (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Greek Writer.

Aristarchus of Samothrace is most famous for the heliocentric theory, which states that the earth revolves around the sun.

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Notable Works

I frammenti di Aristarco di Samotracia negli etimologici bizantini
2004

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aristarchus of Samothrace ranks 984 out of 7,302. Before him are Bar Hebraeus, H. Rider Haggard, James Hadley Chase, Khachatur Abovian, Will Durant, and David Grossman. After him are Prudentius, Jean de Joinville, Richard Matheson, Christoph Martin Wieland, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Assia Djebar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 217 BC, Aristarchus of Samothrace ranks 2. Before him is Seleucus IV Philopator.  Among people deceased in 144 BC, Aristarchus of Samothrace ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aristarchus of Samothrace ranks 231 out of 1,024. Before him are Plutarch of Athens (350), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), and Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141). After him are Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Corinna (-501), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Archelaus (-500), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), and Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Aristarchus of Samothrace ranks 27. Before him are Aelia Eudocia (401), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Bacchylides (-490), Philostratus (170), and Lafcadio Hearn (1850). After him are Corinna (-501), Jean Moréas (1856), Agathon (-448), Lycophron (-320), Rigas Feraios (1757), and Ugo Foscolo (1778).

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