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Longus

110 - 200

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Longus, sometimes Longos (Greek: Λόγγος), was the author of an ancient Greek novel or romance, Daphnis and Chloe. Nothing is known of his life; it is assumed that he lived on the isle of Lesbos (setting for Daphnis and Chloe) during the 2nd century AD. It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misinterpretation of the first word of Daphnis and Chloe's title Λεσβιακῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγοι ("story of a Lesbian romance", "Lesbian" for "from Lesbos island") in the Florentine manuscript; EE Seiler observes that the best manuscript begins and ends with λόγου (not λόγγου) ποιμενικῶν. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Longus has received more than 120,720 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Longus is the 724th most popular writer (down from 553rd in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Greece (down from 151st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Greek Writer.

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Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Longus ranks 724 out of 7,302. Before him are Emilio Salgari, Julius Fučík, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bernart de Ventadorn, William Saroyan, and Hugo Ball. After him are Zosimus, Robert E. Howard, Alejo Carpentier, Christopher Tolkien, Edmond Rostand, and Arthur Adamov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 110, Longus ranks 3. Before him are Pausanias, and Saint Apollonia. After him are Justin, Marcus Minucius Felix, Babrius, Cleomedes, and Hegesippus. Among people deceased in 200, Longus ranks 4. Before him are Lucian, Juvenal, and Sun Ce. After him are Justin, Emperor Chūai, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Lucius Artorius Castus, Vologases III of Parthia, Artemidorus, Soranus of Ephesus, and Babrius.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Longus ranks 175 out of 1,024. Before him are Callisthenes (-360), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Pleistarchus (-500), Meton of Athens (-500), Periander (-700), and Agathias (536). After him are Brasidas (-500), Cleomenes I (-600), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), and Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Longus ranks 20. Before him are Arion (-700), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Tyrtaeus (-700), Periander (-700), and Agathias (536). After him are Aelia Eudocia (401), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Bacchylides (-490), Philostratus (170), and Lafcadio Hearn (1850).

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