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Duris of Samos

340 BC - Today

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Duris of Samos (or Douris) (Greek: Δοῦρις ὁ Σάμιος; c. 350 BC – after 281 BC) was a Greek historian and was at some period tyrant of Samos. Duris was the author of a narrative history of events in Greece and especially Macedonia from 371 BC to 281 BC, which has been lost. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duris of Samos has received more than 52,679 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Duris of Samos is the 2,641st most popular writer (down from 2,617th in 2019), the 2,488th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,379th in 2019) and the 164th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Duris of Samos by language

Over the past year Duris of Samos has had the most page views in the with 7,258 views, followed by Italian (2,696), and French (1,436). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (353.13%), Latin (101.99%), and Egyptian Arabic (84.55%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Duris of Samos ranks 2,641 out of 7,302. Before him are Tayeb Salih, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Rahman Baba, Asadi Tusi, Richard Bandler, and Mary Astell. After him are Jean Ray, Elio Vittorini, Jules Supervielle, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Jules Guesde, and Olga Rozanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 340 BC, Duris of Samos ranks 8. Before him are Berenice I of Egypt, Appius Claudius Caecus, Theodorus the Atheist, Philetaerus, King Wuling of Zhao, and Menedemus. After him are Philochorus, and Polyaenus of Lampsacus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Duris of Samos ranks 2,488 out of 5,161. Before him are Oreste Baratieri (1841), Andrea Guarneri (1626), Castruccio Castracani (1281), Alessandro Nannini (1959), Spurius Cassius Viscellinus (-540), and Stefano Delle Chiaie (1936). After him are Pietro Vierchowod (1959), Patty Pravo (1948), Elio Vittorini (1908), Pietro Nenni (1891), Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880), and Mastino II della Scala (1308).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Duris of Samos ranks 164. Before him are Giovanni Pascoli (1855), Ugo Betti (1892), Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), Giovanni de' Bardi (1534), Ottavio Rinuccini (1562), and Ada Negri (1870). After him are Elio Vittorini (1908), Alda Merini (1931), Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Michele Ruggieri (1543), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), and Guido Guinizelli (1230).

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