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Aristarchus of Samothrace

217 BC - 144 BC

Aristarchus of Samothrace

Aristarchus of Samothrace (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 106,015 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Aristarchus of Samothrace is the 945th most popular writer (down from 776th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 184th in 2019) and the 28th 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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110k
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61.44
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
8.71
Effective Languages (L*)
2.32
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Among writers, Aristarchus of Samothrace ranks 945 out of 5,755. Before him are Marshall Rosenberg, Tannhäuser, Taha Hussein, John Fowles, Emanuel Schikaneder, and Etty Hillesum. After him are Klaus Ebner, Aron Nimzowitsch, Marko Marulić, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Benito Pérez Galdós, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

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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.