WRITER

Berossus

400 BC - 300 BC

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Berossus () or Berosus (; Ancient Greek: Βηρωσσος, romanized: Bērōssos; possibly derived from Akkadian: , romanized: Bēl-rēʾušunu, "Bel is his shepherd") was a Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, a priest of Bel Marduk and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language, and who was active at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Berossus has received more than 279,392 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Berossus is the 742nd most popular writer (down from 695th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 65th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Berossus is most famous for his work on the Babylonian creation myth. He recorded a version of the epic in which Marduk slays Tiamat and creates the world from her body.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Berossuses by language

Over the past year Berossus has had the most page views in the with 40,255 views, followed by Spanish (9,066), and Russian (6,896). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (52.57%), Egyptian Arabic (44.61%), and Mirandese (33.00%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Berossus ranks 742 out of 7,302. Before him are Sidonius Apollinaris, Otto of Freising, Georg Büchner, Pierre Boulle, Yanka Kupala, and John Dos Passos. After him are Edmond de Goncourt, Theognis of Megara, A. J. Cronin, Felix Salten, Sven Hassel, and Taha Hussein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Berossus ranks 10. Before him are Pausanias of Orestis, Nectanebo II, Thaïs, Porus, Atropates, and Teos of Egypt. After him are Leochares, Theopompus, Spitamenes, Drypetis, Ephorus, and Mithridates I of Pontus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Berossus ranks 5. Before him are Lysippos, Diotima of Mantinea, Wang Jian, and Aristoxenus. After him are Nearchus, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Eudemus of Rhodes, Menaechmus, Aristo of Chios, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Callippus.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Berossus ranks 72 out of 384. Before him are Tiglath-Pileser III (-755), Abu Yusuf (731), Sajida Talfah (1937), Shalmaneser I (-1400), Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), and Hillel the Elder (-110). After him are Urukagina (-2500), Abdul Rahman Arif (1916), Al-Baladhuri (806), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), and Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Berossus ranks 6. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), Al-Masudi (896), Fuzûlî (1494), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), and Enheduanna (-2300). After him are Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718).

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