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Ibycus

600 BC - 600 BC

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Ibycus (; Greek: Ἴβυκος; fl. 2nd half of 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, a citizen of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, probably active at Samos during the reign of the tyrant Polycrates and numbered by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. He was mainly remembered in antiquity for pederastic verses, but he also composed lyrical narratives on mythological themes in the manner of Stesichorus. His work survives today only as quotations by ancient scholars or recorded on fragments of papyrus recovered from archaeological sites in Egypt, yet his extant verses include what are considered some of the finest examples of Greek poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibycus has received more than 153,415 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ibycus is the 797th most popular writer (up from 843rd in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from Italy (up from 998th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Italian Writer.

Ibycus is most famous for his elegies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Nel giardino delle vergini
1997
Greek Lyric, Volume III, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, and Others (Loeb Classical Library No. 476)
19913 / 5

Page views of Ibycuses by language

Over the past year Ibycus has had the most page views in the with 16,846 views, followed by German (6,371), and Spanish (5,423). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (90.68%), Sicilian (67.47%), and Mirandese (66.46%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibycus ranks 797 out of 7,302. Before him are Wilhelm Hauff, Leon Uris, Georges Bernanos, Marie d'Agoult, Alexander Litvinenko, and Cesare Pavese. After him are Colleen McCullough, Dio Chrysostom, Maya Angelou, Pietro Bembo, Jamal Khashoggi, and Sarojini Naidu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Ibycus ranks 29. Before him are Thespis, Theano, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Cleomenes I, Mahapajapati Gotami, and Aristagoras. After him are Neriglissar, Demaratus, Lars Porsena, Hiero I of Syracuse, Datis, and Horatius Cocles. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Ibycus ranks 12. Before him are Astyages, Maya, Theano, Anacharsis, Epimenides, and Phalaris. After him are Sushruta, Mimnermus, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Tanaquil, Harpagus, and Zaleucus.

Others Born in 600 BC

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Others Deceased in 600 BC

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  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.87

    Rank: 6

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    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.09

    Rank: 7

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    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.42

    Rank: 8

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    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.83

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Epimenides

    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Phalaris

    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.66

    Rank: 11

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    Ibycus

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 63.42

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Sushruta

    Sushruta

    PHYSICIAN

    620 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 62.57

    Rank: 13

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    Mimnermus

    WRITER

    670 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 61.74

    Rank: 14

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    Cleisthenes of Sicyon

    POLITICIAN

    701 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 59.90

    Rank: 15

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    Tanaquil

    COMPANION

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 59.76

    Rank: 16

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    Harpagus

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 59.62

    Rank: 17

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    Zaleucus

    PHILOSOPHER

    663 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 58.46

    Rank: 18

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ibycus ranks 944 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Leo VIII (900), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Marie Mancini (1639), Antipope Anacletus II (1090), and Cesare Pavese (1908). After him are Carlo Crivelli (1430), Servilia (-104), Nicola Amati (1596), Umberto Giordano (1867), Franco Modigliani (1918), and Pietro Bembo (1470).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Ibycus ranks 70. Before him are Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Marie Mancini (1639), and Cesare Pavese (1908). After him are Pietro Bembo (1470), Italo Svevo (1861), Venantius Fortunatus (530), Gerard of Cremona (1114), Vittoria Colonna (1490), and Stesichorus (-630).

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