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Bacchylides

490 BC - 451 BC

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Bacchylides (; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Βακχυλίδης Bakkhulides; c. 518 – c. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets, which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been noted in Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bacchylides has received more than 194,726 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Bacchylides is the 834th most popular writer (up from 863rd in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Greece (up from 210th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Greek Writer.

Bacchylides is most famous for his poems about the battle of Salamis.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bacchylidis Carmina cum fragmentis
1899
Complete poems
1961
Bacchylides
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
1898
Carmina cum fragmentis
1898
Die Lieder des Bakchylides
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bacchylides ranks 834 out of 7,302. Before him are Laura de Noves, Venantius Fortunatus, Franz Grillparzer, Zhang Sanfeng, John Bunyan, and Gerard of Cremona. After him are Adunis, Dubravka Ugrešić, Thietmar of Merseburg, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Tibor Sekelj, and Ingeborg Bachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490 BC, Bacchylides ranks 5. Before him are Empedocles, Phidias, Zeno of Elea, and Nehemiah. After him are Archelaus I of Macedon, Agis II, Crateuas of Macedon, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, and Oenopides. Among people deceased in 451 BC, Bacchylides ranks 1. After him is Zuo Qiuming.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Bacchylides ranks 200 out of 1,024. Before him are Odysseas Elytis (1911), Erasistratus (-303), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Exekias (-501), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), and Telamon (null). After him are Calchas (null), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), Gotse Delchev (1872), Philostratus (170), and Cleomenes III (-260).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Bacchylides ranks 24. Before him are Periander (-700), Agathias (536), Longus (110), Aelia Eudocia (401), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Odysseas Elytis (1911). After him are Philostratus (170), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Corinna (-501), Jean Moréas (1856), and Agathon (-448).

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