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Callinus

680 BC - 700 BC

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Callinus (Ancient Greek: Καλλῖνος, Kallinos; fl. mid-7th c. BC) was an ancient Greek elegiac poet who lived in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor in the mid-7th century BC. His poetry is representative of the genre of martial exhortation elegy in which Tyrtaeus also specialized and which both Archilochus and Mimnermus appear to have composed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Callinus has received more than 31,886 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Callinus is the 1,336th most popular writer (up from 1,354th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 478th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Greek Elegy and Iambus
Greek poetry, translations into english, Greek poetry
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Callinus ranks 1,336 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Kotliarevsky, Lin Yutang, Allan Pinkerton, Władysław Tarnowski, Catherine de Bourbon, and Yan Fu. After him are Christine Nöstlinger, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Sergey Mikhalkov, Chernorizets Hrabar, Maria Shriver, and Kurt Tucholsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 680 BC, Callinus ranks 2. Before him is Archilochus.  Among people deceased in 700 BC, Callinus ranks 10. Before him are Nahum, Tyrtaeus, Gyges of Lydia, Jehoahaz of Judah, Cylon of Athens, and Perdiccas I of Macedon. After him are Shebitku, Ariaramnes, Tyrimmas of Macedon, Theopompus of Sparta, Argaeus I of Macedon, and Demaratus of Corinth.

Others Born in 680 BC

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    Archilochus

    WRITER

    680 BC - 645 BC

    HPI: 69.78

    Rank: 1

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    Callinus

    WRITER

    680 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 59.50

    Rank: 2

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Callinus ranks 395 out of 1,347. Before him are Eunapius (349), Sezen Aksu (1954), Artemidorus (200), Halit Ergenç (1970), Yılmaz Güney (1937), and Walter Sydney Adams (1876). After him are Muzafer Sherif (1906), Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Markos Vafeiadis (1906), Sultan Kösen (1982), George Akropolites (1217), and Tudḫaliya IV (-1300).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Callinus ranks 34. Before him are Bâkî (1526), Kassia (810), Yeghishe Charents (1897), John Tzetzes (1110), Aelius Aristides (117), and Artemidorus (200). After him are Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), George of Pisidia (580), Adnan Oktar (1956), and Alexander Polyhistor (-100).

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