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Lesches

700 BC - 660 BC

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Lesches (Ancient Greek: Λέσχης) is a semi-legendary early Greek poet and the reputed author of the Little Iliad. According to the usually accepted tradition, he was a native of Pyrrha in Lesbos, and flourished about 660 BC (others place him about 50 years earlier). Proclus refers to him as "Lesches of Mytilene". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lesches has received more than 29,434 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lesches is the 3,635th most popular writer (down from 3,631st in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Greece (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Greek Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lesches ranks 3,635 out of 7,302. Before him are Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Vasco Pratolini, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Valentin Vodnik, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, and Andrija Kačić Miošić. After him are Johann Heinrich Voss, Aleksey Pisemsky, Michitsuna's mother, Alessandro Tassoni, Ivo Vojnović, and Tibor Déry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Lesches ranks 36. Before him are Sinsharishkun, Sadyattes, Gargi Vachaknavi, Demaratus of Corinth, Aeropus I of Macedon, and Theagenes of Megara. After him are Pheidon, Arcesilaus II of Cyrene, Aspelta, Senkamanisken, and Anlamani. Among people deceased in 660 BC, Lesches ranks 5. Before him are Arion, Jeconiah, Ashur-uballit II, and Aristomenes.

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  • Photo of Arion

    Arion

    WRITER

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 68.13

    Rank: 1

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    Jeconiah

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 66.07

    Rank: 2

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    Ashur-uballit II

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 57.62

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Aristomenes

    Aristomenes

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 55.86

    Rank: 4

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    Lesches

    WRITER

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 51.23

    Rank: 5

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lesches ranks 613 out of 1,024. Before him are Dionysius of Corinth (150), Francesco Barozzi (1537), Eurypon (null), Ioannis Georgiadis (1876), Alcmenes (null), and Joseph Sifakis (1946). After him are Thrasyllus (-450), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Dora Bakoyannis (1954), Stephanos Christopoulos (1876), and Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lesches ranks 72. Before him are Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Rhianus (-275), Alberto Savinio (1891), Solomon Alkabetz (1505), Onomacritus (-530), and Angelos Sikelianos (1884). After him are Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Crates (-350), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Matilde Serao (1856), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), and Sotades (-400).

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