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Euhemerus

330 BC - 250 BC

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Euhemerus (; also spelled Euemeros or Evemerus; Ancient Greek: Εὐήμερος Euhēmeros, "happy; prosperous"; late fourth century BC) was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Euhemerus has received more than 182,697 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Euhemerus is the 44th most popular historian (up from 55th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from Italy (up from 836th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Historian.

Euhemerus was most famous for his theory that the gods were originally human beings.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Euhemerus ranks 44 out of 561. Before him are Adam of Bremen, Ali ibn al-Athir, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, Lucien Febvre, Samuel von Pufendorf, and Erwin Panofsky. After him are François Guizot, Leonardo Bruni, Niketas Choniates, Aby Warburg, Henri Pirenne, and Ernst Gombrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 330 BC, Euhemerus ranks 2. Before him is Cleanthes. After him is Zenodotus. Among people deceased in 250 BC, Euhemerus ranks 2. Before him is Lü Buwei. After him are King Xiaowen of Qin, Theodorus the Atheist, Nicomedes I of Bithynia, Hieronymus of Cardia, Gongsun Long, Herodas, Hermarchus, Ariobarzanes of Pontus, Demetrius the Fair, and Lucius Cornelius Scipio.

Others Born in 330 BC

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    Cleanthes

    PHILOSOPHER

    330 BC - 232 BC

    HPI: 66.74

    Rank: 1

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    Euhemerus

    HISTORIAN

    330 BC - 250 BC

    HPI: 66.23

    Rank: 2

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    Zenodotus

    WRITER

    330 BC - 260 BC

    HPI: 60.89

    Rank: 3

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Euhemerus ranks 679 out of 5,161. Before him are Gianni Rivera (1943), Pietro da Cortona (1596), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), and Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510). After him are Silvio Piola (1913), Joanna I of Naples (1326), Eugenio Montale (1896), Francesco Totti (1976), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), and Dario Argento (1940).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Euhemerus ranks 4. Before him are Livy (-59), Suetonius (70), and Diodorus Siculus (-90). After him are Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Flavio Biondo (1388), Timaeus (-350), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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