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Dionysius Thrax

170 BC - 89 BC

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Dionysius Thrax (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ Dionýsios ho Thrâix, 170–90 BC) was a Greek grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dionysius Thrax has received more than 148,838 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Dionysius Thrax is the 1,070th most popular writer (up from 1,108th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 198th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Dionysius Thrax is most famous for being the first person to create a system of rules for the Greek language.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dionysius Thrax ranks 1,070 out of 7,302. Before him are Ernst Toller, Valerie Solanas, Sonia Rykiel, Madeleine de Scudéry, Ilia Chavchavadze, and Diana Wynne Jones. After him are Robert Graves, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Leskov, Georg Kaiser, Pu Songling, and Charles Péguy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 170 BC, Dionysius Thrax ranks 2. Before him is Lucius Accius. After him are Eucratides I, and Attalus III. Among people deceased in 89 BC, Dionysius Thrax ranks 1. After him are Lucius Porcius Cato, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Titus Didius, and Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Dionysius Thrax ranks 199 out of 642. Before him are Al-Maqrizi (1364), John Philoponus (490), Al-Mutawakkil III (1500), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600). After him are Abdel Hakim Amer (1919), Farida of Egypt (1921), Tetisheri (-1600), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Osorkon I (-1000), and Bintanath (-1300).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Dionysius Thrax ranks 13. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Taha Hussein (1889), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190). After him are Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), Achilles Tatius (200), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Ibn al-Farid (1181), and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801).

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