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Chariton

100 - 200

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Chariton of Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Χαρίτων ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς) was the author of an ancient Greek novel probably titled Callirhoe (based on the subscription in the sole surviving manuscript). However, it is regularly referred to as Chaereas and Callirhoe (which more closely aligns with the title given at the head of the manuscript). Evidence of fragments of the text on papyri suggests that the novel may have been written in the mid-1st century AD, making it the oldest surviving complete ancient prose romance and the only one to make use of apparent historiographical features for background verisimilitude and structure, in conjunction with elements of Greek mythology, as Callirhoe is frequently compared to Aphrodite and Ariadne and Chaereas to numerous heroes, both implicitly and explicitly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chariton has received more than 104,263 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Chariton is the 2,448th most popular writer (up from 3,173rd in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 858th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Two novels from ancient Greece
Fiction, Translations into English, Greek literature
2010
Texas wit & wisdom
Humor, American wit and humor
1989
Amours de Chéréas et Callirrhoé
2001
This Dog'll Really Hunt
Dictionaries, English language, Languages
1999
Exploring the Alamo legends
Siege, 1836
1989
Callirhoe
Fiction, Slaves, Man-woman relationships
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chariton ranks 2,448 out of 7,302. Before him are George Meredith, Renée Vivien, Justus of Tiberias, Johann Karl August Musäus, Petar Preradović, and E. Nesbit. After him are Didymus Chalcenterus, Claude Farrère, Philostratus of Lemnos, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Predrag Matvejević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Chariton ranks 49. Before him are Apollos, Plutarch of Byzantium, Epaphras, Thaddeus of Edessa, Artabanus III of Parthia, and Albinus. After him are Pharasmanes II of Iberia, Eudokia of Heliopolis, Diogenes of Byzantium, Dionysius Periegetes, Mucianus, and Agrippa. Among people deceased in 200, Chariton ranks 23. Before him are Maximus of Tyre, Numenius of Apamea, Alciphron, Caesarius of Africa, Apollonius Dyscolus, and Albinus. After him are Gan Ji, Dionysius Periegetes, Favorinus, Rabbel II Soter, Lokaksema, and Phlegon of Tralles.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Chariton ranks 633 out of 1,347. Before him are Albinus (100), Nurgül Yeşilçay (1976), Tevfik Esenç (1904), Isaac Komnenos (1113), Rauf Orbay (1881), and Cansu Dere (1980). After him are Alice of Antioch (1110), Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Tychicus (null), Mustafa Çelebi (1380), and Saint Domnius (300).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Chariton ranks 71. Before him are Zabel Yesayan (1878), Phocylides (-560), Cigerxwîn (1903), Bion of Smyrna (-300), Antiochus Kantemir (1708), and Ibn Kemal (1468). After him are Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), John of Ephesus (507), Timotheus of Miletus (-450), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), and Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676).

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