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Dionysius Periegetes

100 - 200

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Dionysius Periegetes (Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Περιηγητής, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, often Latinized to Dionysius Periegeta), also known as Dionysius of Alexandria or Dionysius the African, was the author of a description of the then-known world in Greek hexameter verse. He is believed to have been from Alexandria and to have lived around the time of Hadrian (r. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dionysius Periegetes has received more than 51,842 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Dionysius Periegetes is the 2,575th most popular writer (up from 3,200th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 386th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 52k

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  • 54.24

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dionysii Afri de situ orbis opus
1512
Dionysii Orbis descriptio
1523
Orbis terrae descriptio
Ancient Geography, Early works to 1800, Geography, Ancient
1499
Tes Palai Kai Tes Nyn Oikoumenes Periegesis, Sive, Dionysii Geographia : Emendata & Locupletata, Additione Scil. Geographiae Hodiernae : Graeco Carmine Pariter Donatae
2023
Ixeuticon
Adaptations
1963
Dionysius Periegetes
Ancient Geography
1828

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dionysius Periegetes ranks 2,575 out of 7,302. Before him are Hilaire Belloc, Nodar Dumbadze, Wilhelm Worringer, Anne Holt, Théophile de Viau, and John Millington Synge. After him are Friedrich Spee, Cleitarchus, Ignacy Krasicki, Parvin E'tesami, Johann Froben, and Elmore Leonard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Dionysius Periegetes ranks 53. Before him are Artabanus III of Parthia, Albinus, Chariton, Pharasmanes II of Iberia, Eudokia of Heliopolis, and Diogenes of Byzantium. After him are Mucianus, Agrippa, Rabbel II Soter, Tiberius Julius Alexander, Sedecion of Byzantium, and Felix of Byzantium. Among people deceased in 200, Dionysius Periegetes ranks 25. Before him are Alciphron, Caesarius of Africa, Apollonius Dyscolus, Albinus, Chariton, and Gan Ji. After him are Favorinus, Rabbel II Soter, Lokaksema, Phlegon of Tralles, Hyginus Gromaticus, and Cerinthus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Dionysius Periegetes ranks 357 out of 642. Before him are Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Ahmed Nazif (1952), Shawar (1100), Sayed Darwish (1892), Hassan Shehata (1947), and Sobekemsaf I (-1650). After him are Lysandra (-300), Apion (-30), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), An-Nasir Hasan (1334), Cleomenes of Naucratis (-400), and Rashad Khalifa (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Dionysius Periegetes ranks 30. Before him are Ibn Taghribirdi (1410), Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Zosimos of Panopolis (250), Albert Cossery (1913), Sotion (-250), and Didymus Chalcenterus (-63). After him are Apion (-30), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), Farag Foda (1946), and Salama Moussa (1887).

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