WRITER

Hesiod

800 BC - 700 BC

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Hesiod ( HEE-see-əd or HEH-see-əd; Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by Western authors as 'the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject.' Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hesiod has received more than 2,150,365 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Hesiod is the 80th most popular writer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Writer.

Hesiod is most famous for his epic poem, Theogony, which is a mythological account of the origins of the gods.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 86

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Works and Days
Poetry, Translations into English, Greek Didactic poetry
1559
Hesiodi Carmina
Greek literature, Greek poetry, Collections
1841
Hesiod
Translations into English, Greek Epic poetry, Greek poetry
1908
Carmina
Accessible book
1831
Theogony
Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Gods
1953
Hesiod, the Homeric hymns, and Homerica
Accessible book, English Translations, English poetry
1914

Page views of Hesiods by language

Over the past year Hesiod has had the most page views in the with 297,861 views, followed by Spanish (107,756), and Italian (59,973). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (626.37%), Hawaiian (152.62%), and Hindi (66.25%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hesiod ranks 80 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodor Herzl, Jorge Luis Borges, Václav Havel, Arthur Rimbaud, Maxim Gorky, and Rainer Maria Rilke. After him are Henrik Ibsen, François Rabelais, Miyamoto Musashi, Isaac Asimov, Daniel Defoe, and Knut Hamsun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Hesiod ranks 3. Before him are Homer, and Isaiah. After him are Amos, Lycurgus of Sparta, Hezekiah, Hoshea, Esarhaddon, Manasseh of Judah, Achaemenes, Titus Tatius, and Jotham of Judah. Among people deceased in 700 BC, Hesiod ranks 2. Before him is Isaiah. After him are Achaemenes, Nahum, Tyrtaeus, Gyges of Lydia, Jehoahaz of Judah, Cylon of Athens, Perdiccas I of Macedon, Callinus, Shebitku, and Ariaramnes.

Others Born in 800 BC

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  • Photo of Homer

    Homer

    WRITER

    800 BC - 750 BC

    HPI: 89.85

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Isaiah

    Isaiah

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    800 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 79.93

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Hesiod

    Hesiod

    WRITER

    800 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 78.38

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Amos

    Amos

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    800 BC - 745 BC

    HPI: 73.04

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Lycurgus of Sparta

    Lycurgus of Sparta

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 730 BC

    HPI: 71.84

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Hezekiah

    Hezekiah

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 697 BC

    HPI: 70.75

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Hoshea

    Hoshea

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 800 BC

    HPI: 68.78

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Esarhaddon

    Esarhaddon

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 669 BC

    HPI: 68.33

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Manasseh of Judah

    Manasseh of Judah

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 642 BC

    HPI: 67.63

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Achaemenes

    Achaemenes

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 67.53

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Titus Tatius

    Titus Tatius

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 800 BC

    HPI: 67.44

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Jotham of Judah

    Jotham of Judah

    POLITICIAN

    800 BC - 800 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 12

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hesiod ranks 33 out of 1,347. Before him are Mustafa I (1591), Orhan (1288), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mehmed IV (1642), Anaxagoras (-500), and Osman II (1604). After him are John Chrysostom (349), Bayezid I (1354), Mehmed I (1386), Rachel (-3500), Mihrimah Sultan (1522), and Heraclius (575).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Hesiod ranks 1. After him are Lucian (120), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), Anna Komnene (1083), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Yunus Emre (1240), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Aratus (-315), and Theodore the Studite (759).

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