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Ion of Chios

490 BC - 422 BC

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Ion of Chios (; Greek: Ἴων ὁ Χῖος; c. 490/480 – c. 420 BC) was a Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion of Chios has received more than 47,003 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ion of Chios is the 1,784th most popular writer (down from 1,469th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 320th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 47k

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  • 56.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ion of Chios ranks 1,784 out of 5,755Before him are Theodor Nöldeke, Viktor Barna, André Brink, György Konrád, Elvira Madigan, and Aphra Behn. After him are Robert Silverberg, Anne Perry, Telesilla, Hugh Lofting, John of Ephesus, and William Caxton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490 BC, Ion of Chios ranks 9Before him are Empedocles, Nehemiah, Bacchylides, Archelaus I of Macedon, Agis II, and Hellanicus of Lesbos. After him are Nepherites I, Oenopides, and Crateuas of Macedon. Among people deceased in 422 BC, Ion of Chios ranks 4Before him are Cleon, Brasidas, and Cratinus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ion of Chios ranks 372 out of 936Before him are Dexippus (210), Miltiades the Elder (-600), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Eupolis (-446), Agatharchus (-500), and Gregory V of Constantinople (1745). After him are Philo of Larissa (-145), Telesilla (-500), Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906), Isaac Carasso (1874), Aristomenes (-700), and Demades (-380).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Ion of Chios ranks 45Before him are Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Acusilaus (-600), Dexippus (210), and Eupolis (-446). After him are Telesilla (-500), Albert Cohen (1895), Isaeus (-420), Phylarchus (-255), Erinna (-400), and Asclepiades of Samos (-320).