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John Tzetzes

1110 - 1180

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John Tzetzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης, translit. Iōánnēs Tzétzēs; c. 1110, Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century. He is known for making significant contributions in preserving much valuable information from ancient Greek literature and scholarship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Tzetzes has received more than 149,035 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Tzetzes is the 1,299th most popular writer (up from 1,875th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 626th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Epistulae
1972
Commentarii in Aristophanem
1960
Ioannis Tzetzae Historiae
1968
Iōannou tou Tzetzou Vivlion istorikēs tēs dia stichōn politikōn Alpha de Kaloumenēs =
1963
Historiarum variarum chiliades
1963
Epistolae
1964

Page views of John Tzetzes by language

Over the past year John Tzetzes has had the most page views in the with 19,524 views, followed by Italian (3,751), and Russian (3,441). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (178.53%), Egyptian Arabic (81.08%), and Croatian (57.28%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Tzetzes ranks 1,299 out of 7,302. Before him are Jakob Wassermann, Alexander Radishchev, Matthew Lewis, P. G. Wodehouse, Javier Marías, and A. E. van Vogt. After him are Neil Gaiman, Aelius Aristides, Danielle Steel, Maurice Barrès, Michel Verne, and Eleanor H. Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1110, John Tzetzes ranks 5. Before him are Pope Lucius III, Ibn Tufail, John of Salisbury, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. After him are García Ramírez of Navarre, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Kaykaus I, Robert de Boron, Boril of Bulgaria, Antipope Paschal III, and Rostislav I of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1180, John Tzetzes ranks 4. Before him are Louis VII of France, Manuel I Komnenos, and John of Salisbury. After him are Minamoto no Yorimasa, Al-Mustadi, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, Abraham ibn Daud, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Yaroslav II of Kiev, and Prince Mochihito.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, John Tzetzes ranks 384 out of 1,347. Before him are Kassia (810), Yeghishe Charents (1897), Cüneyt Arkın (1937), Themistius (317), Missak Manouchian (1906), and Autolycus of Pitane (-360). After him are Irene Doukaina (1066), Aelius Aristides (117), Callippus (-370), Nicholas Mystikos (852), Eunapius (349), and Sezen Aksu (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, John Tzetzes ranks 31. Before him are Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), Publilius Syrus (-100), Symeon the New Theologian (949), Bâkî (1526), Kassia (810), and Yeghishe Charents (1897). After him are Aelius Aristides (117), Artemidorus (200), Callinus (-680), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), and Hieronymus of Cardia (-390).

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