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Eupalinos

600 BC - 600 BC

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Eupalinos (Ancient Greek: Εὐπαλῖνος) or Eupalinus of Megara was an ancient Greek engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos Island in the 6th century BC. The Tunnel, presumably completed between 550 and 530 BC, was 1,036 meters (3,399 ft) long. It was the longest one of its time and it still exists. Water was brought to the city, passing through limestone at the base of a hill. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eupalinos has received more than 51,629 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Eupalinos is the 105th most popular engineer, the 386th most popular biography from Greece (down from 381st in 2019) and the most popular Greek Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eupalinos by language

Over the past year Eupalinos has had the most page views in the with 6,841 views, followed by Greek (4,060), and Italian (2,149). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (270.49%), Malagasy (236.76%), and Italian (86.06%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eupalinos ranks 105 out of 389. Before him are Hertha Ayrton, Nikolai Polikarpov, Harry Nyquist, Viktor Kaplan, Adrian Newey, and Henry Darcy. After him are Carlo Abarth, Stephen Timoshenko, Yevgeny Dragunov, Robert Stephenson, Pierre Clostermann, and John Bagot Glubb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Eupalinos ranks 52. Before him are Myia, Ageladas, Scylax of Caryanda, Eurybiades, Nebuchadnezzar IV, and Cleombrotus. After him are Hipponax, Miltiades the Elder, Tullia Minor, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Democedes, and Artystone. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Eupalinos ranks 22. Before him are Tanaquil, Harpagus, Zaleucus, Arsames, Philip I of Macedon, and Leon of Sparta. After him are Hipponax, Miltiades the Elder, Rhodopis, Phocylides, Alcetas I of Macedon, and Aeropus I of Macedon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Eupalinos ranks 386 out of 1,024. Before him are Markos Botsaris (1790), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Perictione (-500), Cebes (-500), Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913), and Archidamus III (-350). After him are Silanion (-400), Miltiades the Elder (-600), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Isaeus (-420), Aristyllus (-400), and Hierocles of Alexandria (410).

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Among ENGINEERS In Greece

Among engineers born in Greece, Eupalinos ranks 1. After him are Nicholas Tombazis (1968).

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