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Heliodorus of Emesa

250 - 400

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Heliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa (Ancient Greek: Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ Ἐμεσηνός) is the author of the ancient Greek novel called the Aethiopica (Αἰθιοπικά) or Theagenes and Chariclea (Θεαγένης καὶ Χαρίκλεια), which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heliodorus of Emesa has received more than 93,764 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Heliodorus of Emesa is the 845th most popular writer (down from 810th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Syria (down from 34th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Syrian Writer.

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  • 1.84

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Heliodorus of Emesa ranks 845 out of 7,302Before him are Tibor Sekelj, Ingeborg Bachmann, Miroslav Krleža, Julian Barnes, Vittoria Colonna, and Robert van Gulik. After him are Juliette Récamier, Varlam Shalamov, W. H. Auden, Stesichorus, Jules Renard, and Frank Wedekind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250, Heliodorus of Emesa ranks 15Before him are Carinus, Pope Marcellinus, Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Pope Eusebius, Hormizd I, and Bahram I. After him are Postumus, Tetricus I, Bahram II, Donatus Magnus, Marcus Aurelius Marius, and Saint Chrysogonus. Among people deceased in 400, Heliodorus of Emesa ranks 3Before him are Onuphrius, and Vasubandhu. After him are Eutropius, Thaïs, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Eustathius of Antioch, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Gaius Julius Solinus, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Varazdat, and Mallobaudes.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Heliodorus of Emesa ranks 42 out of 210Before him are Ananias of Damascus (100), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Maron (301), Odaenathus (220), Adunis (1930), and Moustapha Akkad (1930). After him are Nizar Qabbani (1923), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Tutush I (1066), Julia Soaemias (180), and Andrew of Crete (660).

Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Heliodorus of Emesa ranks 3Before him are Al-Maʿarri (973), and Adunis (1930). After him are Nizar Qabbani (1923), Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Abu Tammam (788), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Cassius Longinus (213), and Alciphron (200).