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Bion of Smyrna

300 BC - 100 BC

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Bion (Βίων ) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet from Smyrna, probably active at the end of the second or beginning of the first century BC. He is named in the Suda as one of three canonical bucolic poets alongside Theocritus and Moschus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bion of Smyrna has received more than 51,113 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Bion of Smyrna is the 2,402nd most popular writer (up from 2,535th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 762nd in 2019) and the 68th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 54.84

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

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  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bionis Smyrnaei: Adonidis Epitaphium
Adonis (Greek deity) -- Poetry., Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1985
Les idylles de Bion et de Moschus
1686
Les doctrines de Hobbes, Locke & Kant sur le droit d'insurrection, esquisse d'une théorie du droit d'insurrection
Sovereignty, International law
1921
Adonis
Congresses, Adonis (Greek deity)
1900
Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus
2023
Biōnos kai Moschou ta leipsana. Illustrabat et emendabat Gilbertus Wakefield
1795
Biōnos kai Moschou ta leipsana. Illustrabat et emendabat Gilbertus Wakefield
1795
Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus
1810
Les doctrines de Hobbes, Locke & Kant sur le droit d'insurrection, esquisse d'une théorie du droit d'insurrection
Sovereignty, International law
1921
Bionis Smyrnaei: Adonidis Epitaphium
Adonis (Greek deity) -- Poetry., Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
1985
Biōnos tou Smyrnaiou, kai Moschou tou Syrakosiou, ta sōzomena. = Bionis Smyrnæl, et Moschi Syracusani, quæ supersunt. Notis Johannis Heskin, ..
1748
Adonis
Congresses, Adonis (Greek deity)
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bion of Smyrna ranks 2,402 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Dominique Bauby, Per Petterson, Jeremias Gotthelf, M. Karunanidhi, Abu-l-'Atahiya, and Giovanni Pascoli. After him are Mikołaj Rej, Alonso de Ercilla, Kate Millett, Charles Maturin, Vasile Alecsandri, and Ahmad Shamlou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Bion of Smyrna ranks 36. Before him are Marcus Minucius Rufus, Gaius Terentius Varro, Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, Gaius Laelius, Andragoras, and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. After him are Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, Marcus Livius Salinator, Demetrius of Pharos, Olympias II of Epirus, and Lysandra. Among people deceased in 100 BC, Bion of Smyrna ranks 19. Before him are Artemidorus Ephesius, Cleopatra of Pontus, Tiridates II of Parthia, Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia, Aretas III, and Amanishakheto. After him are Publius Ventidius Bassus, Hiempsal II, Seleucus VII Philometor, Commius, Archelaus, and Julia Major.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Bion of Smyrna ranks 620 out of 1,347. Before him are Nicomedes II of Bithynia (-200), Andronikos III of Trebizond (1310), Cigerxwîn (1903), Manuel II of Trebizond (1324), Zannanza (-1350), and Theodora Angelina (1190). After him are Nureddin Pasha (1873), John II of Trebizond (1262), Antiochus Kantemir (1708), Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (1667), Ibn Kemal (1468), and Aristides Quintilianus (150).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Bion of Smyrna ranks 68. Before him are Antimachus (-400), Theodore I (1290), Methodius of Olympus (260), Zabel Yesayan (1878), Phocylides (-560), and Cigerxwîn (1903). After him are Antiochus Kantemir (1708), Ibn Kemal (1468), Chariton (100), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), John of Ephesus (507), and Timotheus of Miletus (-450).

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