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Euripides

480 BC - 406 BC

Euripides

Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Euripides has received more than 2,798,659 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Euripides is the 45th most popular writer (up from 54th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Greece and the 5th most popular Greek Writer.

Euripides is most famous for his tragedy, "Medea," which tells the story of a woman who kills her children in revenge against her husband for leaving her.

Memorability Metrics

2.8M
Page Views (PV)
81.14
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
86
Languages Editions (L)
14.66
Effective Languages (L*)
3.25
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Euripides ranks 45 out of 5,755. Before him are Hermann Hesse, Denis Diderot, Friedrich Schiller, Lord Byron, Jane Austen, and Aristophanes. After him are Mark Twain, Simone de Beauvoir, Sappho, Octave Mirbeau, Arthur Conan Doyle, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Hermann Hesse
1877 - 1962
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 39
Denis Diderot
1713 - 1784
HPI: 81.37
Rank: 40
Friedrich Schiller
1759 - 1805
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 41
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
HPI: 81.31
Rank: 42
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
HPI: 81.26
Rank: 43
Aristophanes
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 44
Euripides
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 45
Mark Twain
1835 - 1910
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 46
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 - 1986
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 47
Sappho
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 48
Octave Mirbeau
1848 - 1917
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 49
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 - 1930
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 50
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 51

Contemporaries

Among people born in 480 BC, Euripides ranks 1. After him are Antiphon and Kresilas. Among people deceased in 406 BC, Euripides ranks 2. Before him is Sophocles. After him are Callicratidas, Hannibal Mago, and Thrasyllus.