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Epicharmus of Kos

524 BC - 435 BC

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Epicharmus of Kos or Epicharmus Comicus or Epicharmus Comicus Syracusanus (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ Κῷος), thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Epicharmus of Kos has received more than 71,197 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Epicharmus of Kos is the 758th most popular writer (down from 726th in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from Italy (down from 882nd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Italian Writer.

Epicharmus of Kos is most famous for his work The Comedies, which are a series of short, satirical plays. Epicharmus was a comic poet and a rival of Aristophanes.

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  • 71k

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  • 63.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 758 out of 7,302. Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Ulrich von Hutten, Antonio Machado, Jean Anouilh, and Nestor the Chronicler. After him are Antonio Tabucchi, Klaus Ebner, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Robert Ludlum, Natalia Ginzburg, and Thomas Harris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 524 BC, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 2. Before him is Themistocles.  Among people deceased in 435 BC, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 1. After him is Zengzi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 924 out of 5,161. Before him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Silas (1), Sejanus (-20), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), and Poggio Bracciolini (1380). After him are Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Quirinius (-45), Sandro Pertini (1896), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), and Carla Bruni (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 63. Before him are Carlo Gozzi (1720), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Andrea Camilleri (1925), Veronica Franco (1546), Emilio Salgari (1862), and Theognis of Megara (-570). After him are Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Marie Mancini (1639), and Cesare Pavese (1908).

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