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Lesches

700 BC - 660 BC

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Lesches (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 26,717 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lesches is the 3,644th most popular writer (down from 3,561st in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 590th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 27k

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  • 49.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lesches ranks 3,644 out of 5,755. Before him are Sakyo Komatsu, Elaine May, Rube Goldberg, George Washington Williams, Lars Saabye Christensen, and Jules Janin. After him are Murray Leinster, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Nikolay Ogarev, Amado Nervo, Hilary Mantel, and Corrado Alvaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Lesches ranks 35. Before him are Ashur-uballit II, Demaratus of Corinth, Theagenes of Megara, Aeropus I of Macedon, Gargi Vachaknavi, and Pheidon. After him are Aspelta, Anlamani, and Senkamanisken. Among people deceased in 660 BC, Lesches ranks 5. Before him are Arion, Jeconiah, Aristomenes, and Ashur-uballit II.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lesches ranks 603 out of 936. Before him are Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), Louis Dumont (1911), Mohamed Sherif Pasha (1826), Eurymedon (-450), Spyros Markezinis (1909), and Gregory VII of Constantinople (1850). After him are Dimitrios Voulgaris (1803), Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Leo Allatius (1586), Cahit Arf (1910), and Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lesches ranks 72. Before him are Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Alberto Savinio (1891), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), Angelos Sikelianos (1884), and Philoxenus of Cythera (-435). After him are Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Onomacritus (-530), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Matilde Serao (1856), Pherecrates (-450), and Kostas Karyotakis (1896).

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