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Cassius Longinus

213 - 273

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Cassius Longinus (; Greek: Κάσσιος Λογγῖνος; c. 213 – 273 AD) was a Greek rhetorician and philosophical critic. Born in either Emesa or Athens, he studied at Alexandria under Ammonius Saccas and Origen the Pagan, and taught for thirty years in Athens, one of his pupils being Porphyry. Longinus did not embrace the Neoplatonism then being developed by Plotinus, but continued as a Platonist of the old type and his reputation as a literary critic was immense. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cassius Longinus is the 2,024th most popular writer, the 90th most popular biography from Syria and the 11th most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among writers, Cassius Longinus ranks 2,024 out of 7,302. Before him are Tanya Savicheva, Mariano José de Larra, Bella Akhmadulina, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Julian Tuwim, and Jean Starobinski. After him are Karen Armstrong, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Bob Woodward, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Aloysius Bertrand.

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Among people born in 213, Cassius Longinus ranks 2. Before him is Gregory Thaumaturgus.  Among people deceased in 273, Cassius Longinus ranks 4. Before him are Saint Valentine, Hormizd I, and Vaballathus.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Cassius Longinus ranks 90 out of 210. Before him are Hussein Arnous (1953), Salah Jadid (1926), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Dündar Ali Osman (1930), Adib Shishakli (1909), and Numenius of Apamea (200). After him are Alciphron (200), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Salih Muslim (1951), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), and John Moschus (550).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Cassius Longinus ranks 11. Before him are Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Abu Tammam (788), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), and Jurji Zaydan (1861). After him are Alciphron (200), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), John Moschus (550), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Maryana Marrash (1848), and Ghada al-Samman (1942).

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