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Livius Andronicus

280 BC - 200 BC

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Lucius Livius Andronicus (; Greek: Λούκιος Λίβιος Ανδρόνικος; c. 284 – c. 204 BC) was a Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet of the Old Latin period during the Roman Republic. He began as an educator in the service of a noble family, producing Latin translations of Greek works, including Homer's Odyssey. The translations were meant, at first, as educational devices for the school which he founded. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Livius Andronicus has received more than 165,792 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Livius Andronicus is the 448th most popular writer (down from 397th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 485th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Writer.

Livius Andronicus is most famous for being the first person to write a play in Latin. He wrote the play "The Trojan Women" which was about the Trojan War.

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Livius Andronicus ranks 448 out of 5,755. Before him are Comte de Lautréamont, Seneca the Elder, Ágota Kristóf, Gabriela Mistral, Qu Yuan, and Ève Curie. After him are Richard Bach, Thomas Paine, John Galsworthy, Ilya Ehrenburg, Athenaeus, and Anaïs Nin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280 BC, Livius Andronicus ranks 3. Before him are Li Si and Han Fei. After him are Philo of Byzantium, Arsaces I of Parthia, Conon of Samos, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Ariamnes of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 200 BC, Livius Andronicus ranks 1. After him are Gentius, Leonidas of Rhodes, Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Wiman of Gojoseon, Gaius Terentius Varro, Mithridates III of Pontus, Mithridates IV of Pontus, Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, Moschus, Gaius Laelius, and Laodice III.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Livius Andronicus ranks 573 out of 4,668. Before him are Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Raffaella Carrà (1943), Lucius Caesar (-17), Pope Pontian (200), Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545), and Berengar I of Italy (850). After him are Giorgio Agamben (1942), Marcello Lippi (1948), Saint Rosalia (1130), Giulio Romano (1499), Bianca Maria Sforza (1472), and Alcide De Gasperi (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Livius Andronicus ranks 37. Before him are Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), Propertius (-50), Tibullus (-50), Elena Ferrante (1943), and Ennius (-239). After him are Grazia Deledda (1871), Statius (40), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Francesca da Rimini (1259), and Fausto Cercignani (1941).

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