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Cleitarchus

400 BC - 300 BC

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Cleitarchus or Clitarchus (Greek: Κλείταρχος) was one of the historians of Alexander the Great. Son of the historian Dinon of Colophon, he spent a considerable time at the court of Ptolemy Lagus. He was active in the mid to late 4th century BCE. Quintilian (Institutio Oratoria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleitarchus has received more than 50,434 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Cleitarchus is the 2,179th most popular writer (down from 1,988th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 614th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 50k

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  • 54.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cleitarchus ranks 2,179 out of 5,755. Before him are S. Ansky, Álvaro Mutis, Irvine Welsh, John Edward Williams, Nima Yooshij, and Cassius Longinus. After him are Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mak Dizdar, Magnus Felix Ennodius, Yasmina Reza, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Morgan Robertson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Cleitarchus ranks 51. Before him are Nausiphanes, Aeacides of Epirus, Gan De, Erinna, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, and Leontion. After him are Hecataeus of Abdera, Anniceris, Bryaxis, Crates of Athens, Alexander of Pherae, and Crantor. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Cleitarchus ranks 22. Before him are Diodorus Cronus, Appius Claudius Caudex, Aristyllus, Xanthippus of Carthage, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, and Asclepiades of Samos. After him are Hermippus of Smyrna, Hecataeus of Abdera, Publius Claudius Pulcher, Mithridates II of Pontus, Archidamus IV, and Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Cleitarchus ranks 692 out of 1,301. Before him are Cigerxwîn (1903), Phocylides (-560), Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906), Archelaus of Cappadocia (-50), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), and Mehmed Orhan (1909). After him are Kâzım Karabekir (1882), Theodore I Palaiologos (1355), Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901), Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Sheikh Said (1864), and Joseph Genesius (1000).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Cleitarchus ranks 69. Before him are Nihal Atsız (1905), Quadratus of Athens (100), Bâkî (1526), Cigerxwîn (1903), Phocylides (-560), and Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906). After him are Phlegon of Tralles (200), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Zabel Yesayan (1878), Dares Phrygius (450), Michael Choniates (1140), and Constantine Manasses (1130).

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