WRITER

Hierocles of Alexandria

410 - 500

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Hierocles of Alexandria (Greek: Ἱεροκλῆς ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Greek Neoplatonist writer who was active around AD 430. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hierocles of Alexandria has received more than 51,866 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hierocles of Alexandria is the 1,887th most popular writer (up from 3,059th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 544th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Greek Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hierocles upon the Golden verses of the Pythagoreans
1682
Commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina
Golden verses, Pythagoras and Pythagorean school, European history: BCE to c 500 CE
1583
Commentary of Hierocles on the Golden verses of Pythagoras
1971
The Life of Pythagoras, with his Symbols and Golden verses. together with the Life of Hierocles, and his Commentaries upon the verses
1981
Commentary of Hierocles on the Golden verses of Pythagoras, from the French of André Dacier
Golden verses, Pythagoras and Pythagorean school
1906
Hierocles De providentia & fato
Golden verses
1673

Page views of Hierocles of Alexandrias by language

Over the past year Hierocles of Alexandria has had the most page views in the with 6,577 views, followed by Spanish (2,733), and French (1,392). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (708.45%), Serbo-Croatian (72.02%), and Latin (52.59%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 1,887 out of 7,302. Before him are Khurshidbanu Natavan, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Stig Dagerman, Victoria Ocampo, Chuck Palahniuk, and Shirley Jackson. After him are Marko Vovchok, Ion of Chios, Handrij Zejler, Henrik Wergeland, Uri Orlev, and Brian Aldiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 410, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gelasius I, Priscus, Hayk, Movses Khorenatsi, and Severinus of Noricum. After him is Elishe. Among people deceased in 500, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 8. Before him are Zu Chongzhi, Vātsyāyana, Chandragupta II, Buddhaghosa, Hesychius of Alexandria, and Rutilius Claudius Namatianus. After him are Faustus of Byzantium, Charaton, Asclepigenia, Aedesia, Calcidius, and Anthemius.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 392 out of 1,024. Before him are Eupalinos (-600), Silanion (-400), Miltiades the Elder (-600), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Isaeus (-420), and Aristyllus (-400). After him are Ion of Chios (-490), Erinna (-400), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Chabrias (-500), and Neferkara I (-2780).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 46. Before him are Eupolis (-446), Posidippus (-310), Albert Cohen (1895), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), and Isaeus (-420). After him are Ion of Chios (-490), Erinna (-400), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Telesilla (-500), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), and Dexippus (210).

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