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Leonidas of Tarentum

320 BC - 260 BC

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Leonidas of Tarentum (; Doric Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ταραντῖνος) was an epigrammatist and lyric poet. He lived in Italy in the third century B.C. at Tarentum, on the coast of Apulia (Magna Graecia). Over a hundred of his epigrams are present in the Greek Anthology compiled in the 10th and 14th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonidas of Tarentum has received more than 22,690 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas of Tarentum is the 3,916th most popular writer (down from 3,879th in 2019), the 3,180th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,038th in 2019) and the 225th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 3,916 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert E. Sherwood, Ida Fink, Pierre Jean Jouve, Fernando de Herrera, Vera Inber, and Jakob Abbadie. After him are Ludwig Anzengruber, César Aira, Gustaf Fröding, Irakli Abashidze, Katherine Anne Porter, and Taranatha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 8. Before him are Timon of Phlius, Lycophron, Meleager, Asclepiades of Samos, Timocharis, and Colotes. After him is Craterus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 20. Before him are Laodice I, Hannibal Gisco, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Orontes III, Appius Claudius Pulcher, and Publius Cornelius Cethegus. After him are Lucius Aemilius Papus, Marcus Junius Pera, Ariamnes of Cappadocia, and Agathocles of Bactria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 3,180 out of 5,161. Before him are Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838), Marco Cé (1925), Eugenio Monti (1928), Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi (1714), Ernesto Ambrosini (1894), and Marcus Aurelius Cotta (-150). After him are Antonio Janigro (1918), Roberto Rosetti (1967), Luis Trenker (1892), Domenico Morosini (1080), Sebastiano Mocenigo (1662), and Silvestro Valier (1630).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 225. Before him are Lucrezia Marinella (1571), Remmius Palaemon (100), Marco Girolamo Vida (1485), Teresa de Lauretis (1938), Giulio Angioni (1939), and Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838). After him are William of Apulia (1100), Lino Aldani (1926), Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), Cesare Balbo (1789), Cecco Angiolieri (1260), and Marco Foscarini (1696).

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