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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 53,243 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Duris of Samos is the 2,625th most popular writer (up from 2,847th in 2019), the 2,384th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,433rd in 2019) and the 165th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 52.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Duris of Samos ranks 2,625 out of 5,755. Before him are Fritz Mauthner, Bekir Çoban-zade, Banana Yoshimoto, Charlie Kaufman, Herbert Read, and Juan Gelman. After him are Mickey Spillane, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Jeremias Gotthelf, Yasushi Inoue, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Takuboku Ishikawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 340 BC, Duris of Samos ranks 7. Before him are Chandragupta Maurya, Appius Claudius Caecus, Philetaerus, Berenice I of Egypt, Theodorus the Atheist, and King Wuling of Zhao. After him are Menedemus, Philochorus, and Polyaenus of Lampsacus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Duris of Samos ranks 2,384 out of 4,668. Before him are Sophron (-500), Pietro Aldobrandini (1571), Ignazio Danti (1536), Ercole Consalvi (1757), Richard Mollier (1863), and Medardo Rosso (1858). After him are Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925), Aurelio De Laurentiis (1949), Marco I Sanudo (1200), Giacomo Capuzzi (1929), Matteo Salvini (1973), and Giovanni Bembo (1543).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Duris of Samos ranks 165. Before him are Roberto Calasso (1941), Luigi Illica (1857), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Félix Fénéon (1861), Michele Ruggieri (1543), and Sophron (-500). After him are Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), Alda Merini (1931), Gasparo Contarini (1483), Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Marco Foscarini (1696), and Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532).

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