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Hellanicus of Lesbos

490 BC - 405 BC

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Hellanicus (or Hellanikos) of Lesbos (Greek: Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Λέσβιος, Hellánikos ho Lésbios), also called Hellanicus of Mytilene (Greek: Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Hellánikos ho Mutilēnaîos; c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hellanicus of Lesbos has received more than 105,066 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hellanicus of Lesbos is the 1,785th most popular writer (down from 1,530th in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from Greece (down from 337th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Greek Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 1,785 out of 7,302. Before her are Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, Juan Donoso Cortés, Lajos Zilahy, Antonio de Nebrija, and Gottfried von Strassburg. After her are Augusto Boal, Michel Zevaco, Robert Silverberg, Gabriel Naudé, Djuna Barnes, and Joseph D. Pistone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490 BC, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 9. Before her are Zeno of Elea, Nehemiah, Bacchylides, Archelaus I of Macedon, Agis II, and Crateuas of Macedon. After her are Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, and Oenopides. Among people deceased in 405 BC, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 377 out of 1,024. Before her are Afet İnan (1908), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), Ptolemy of Aloros (-450), Stavros Niarchos (1909), and Meleager (-320). After her are Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Cleombrotus (-600), Markos Botsaris (1790), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Perictione (-500), and Cebes (-500).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 43. Before her are Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Eupolis (-446), Posidippus (-310), and Albert Cohen (1895). After her are Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Isaeus (-420), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Ion of Chios (-490), Erinna (-400), and Theodorus Gaza (1398).

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