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Lycophron

320 BC - 280 BC

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Lycophron ( LY-kə-fron; Ancient Greek: Λυκόφρων ὁ Χαλκιδεύς, romanized: Lukóphrōn ho Chalkidéus; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lycophron has received more than 109,387 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Lycophron is the 1,129th most popular writer (up from 1,281st in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Greece (up from 295th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 60.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lycophron ranks 1,129 out of 7,302. Before him are Agathon, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Lü Dongbin, Edmund Spenser, John Grisham, and August von Kotzebue. After him are Clément Marot, Sami Frashëri, John Updike, Fredric Brown, Rigas Feraios, and Bharata Muni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Lycophron ranks 3. Before him are Bindusara, and Timon of Phlius. After him are Meleager, Asclepiades of Samos, Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 280 BC, Lycophron ranks 2. Before him is Herophilos. After him are Chares of Lindos, and Ariarathes II of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lycophron ranks 264 out of 1,024. Before him are Jean Moréas (1856), Alcamenes (-500), Agathon (-448), Conon of Samos (-280), Andocides (-440), and Cynisca (-430). After him are Rigas Feraios (1757), George Maniakes (998), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Vicky Leandros (1949), Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), and Agis II (-490).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lycophron ranks 31. Before him are Philostratus (170), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Corinna (-501), Jean Moréas (1856), and Agathon (-448). After him are Rigas Feraios (1757), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Cratinus (-500), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Phrynichus (-535), and Semonides of Amorgos (-650).

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