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Asclepiades of Samos

320 BC - 300 BC

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Asclepiades of Samos (Sicelidas) (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης ὁ Σάμιος; born c. 320 BC) was an ancient Greek epigrammatist and lyric poet who flourished around 270 BC. He was a friend of Hedylus and possibly of Theocritus. He may have been honoured by the city of Histiaea in about 263 BC. Asclepiades was the earliest and most important of the convivial and erotic epigrammists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asclepiades of Samos has received more than 24,686 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Asclepiades of Samos is the 2,190th most popular writer (down from 2,106th in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from Greece (down from 419th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 2,190 out of 7,302. Before him are Roger Peyrefitte, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Samuel R. Delany, Álvaro Mutis, E. L. Doctorow, and Samuil Marshak. After him are Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Rómulo Gallegos, Zygmunt Krasiński, Piotr Skarga, Elisabeth of Schönau, and Theodore I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 5. Before him are Bindusara, Timon of Phlius, Lycophron, and Meleager. After him are Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 22. Before him are Diodorus Cronus, Aristyllus, Appius Claudius Caudex, Gnaeus Flavius, Metrocles, and Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus. After him are Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, Hecataeus of Abdera, Olympias II of Epirus, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Cleitarchus, and Lysandra.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 434 out of 1,024. Before him are Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (1952), Philotheus I of Constantinople (1300), Metrocles (-400), Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Callimachus (-500), and Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899). After him are Alexandros Koryzis (1885), Alexandros Zaimis (1855), Glaucon (-445), Meletius IV of Constantinople (1871), Agapenor (null), and Patrona Halil (1690).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 53. Before him are Ion of Chios (-490), Erinna (-400), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Telesilla (-500), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), and Dexippus (210). After him are Phylarchus (-255), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), and Praxilla (-500).

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