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Corinna

501 BC - 501 BC

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Corinna or Korinna (Ancient Greek: Κόριννα, romanized: Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born c. 518 BC), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition. When she lived has been the subject of much debate since the early twentieth century, proposed dates ranging from the beginning of the fifth century to the late third century BC. Corinna's works survive only in fragments: three substantial sections of poems are preserved on second-century AD papyri from Egypt; several shorter pieces survive in quotations by ancient grammarians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corinna has received more than 220,311 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Corinna is the 993rd most popular writer (up from 1,032nd in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 238th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Greek Writer.

Corinna is most famous for her poem, "The Lament of Corinna."

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Corinna ranks 993 out of 7,302. Before her are Richard Matheson, Christoph Martin Wieland, Aron Nimzowitsch, Assia Djebar, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, and Waris Dirie. After her are John Fowles, Samuel Richardson, William Styron, Mimnermus, Henry Fielding, and Jean Webster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 501 BC, Corinna ranks 3. Before her are Parmenides, and Exekias.  Among people deceased in 501 BC, Corinna ranks 2. Before her is Exekias.

Others Born in 501 BC

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    Parmenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    501 BC - 470 BC

    HPI: 84.41

    Rank: 1

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    Exekias

    DESIGNER

    501 BC - 501 BC

    HPI: 68.32

    Rank: 2

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    Corinna

    WRITER

    501 BC - 501 BC

    HPI: 67.13

    Rank: 3

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Others Deceased in 501 BC

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    Exekias

    DESIGNER

    501 BC - 501 BC

    HPI: 68.32

    Rank: 1

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    Corinna

    WRITER

    501 BC - 501 BC

    HPI: 67.13

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Corinna ranks 233 out of 1,024. Before her are Archidamus II (-450), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), and Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770). After her are Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Archelaus (-500), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921), Timon of Phlius (-320), and Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Corinna ranks 28. Before her are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Bacchylides (-490), Philostratus (170), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), and Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217). After her are Jean Moréas (1856), Agathon (-448), Lycophron (-320), Rigas Feraios (1757), Ugo Foscolo (1778), and Cratinus (-500).

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