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Meleager of Gadara

130 BC - 60 BC

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Meleager of Gadara (Ancient Greek: Μελέαγρος Meleagros; fl. 1st century BC) was a poet and collector of epigrams. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meleager of Gadara has received more than 69,330 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Meleager of Gadara is the 1,655th most popular writer (up from 1,772nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Jordanian Writer.

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  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Meleager of Gadara ranks 1,655 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Sturgeon, Baba Tahir, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Li He, Liu Zongyuan, and Christy Brown. After him are Alma Karlin, Ba Jin, Anagarika Dharmapala, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Egon Kisch, and Joseph Needham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 130 BC, Meleager of Gadara ranks 4. Before him are Cleopatra Selene of Syria, Antiochus of Ascalon, and Lucius Appuleius Saturninus. After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, and Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. Among people deceased in 60 BC, Meleager of Gadara ranks 2. Before him is Andronicus of Rhodes. After him are Aretas IV Philopatris, Alfenus Varus, Octavia the Elder, Mariamne, Lucius Cornelius Balbus, Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Gaius Sosius, and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Meleager of Gadara ranks 15 out of 59. Before him are Menippus (-290), Philodemus (-110), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), Balak (null), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), and Phinehas (-1300). After him are Nayef Hawatmeh (1938), Simon bar Giora (100), Jair (-1000), Zaid ibn Shaker (1934), Fouad Twal (1940), and Samih al-Qasim (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Jordan

Among writers born in Jordan, Meleager of Gadara ranks 2. Before him are Menippus (-290). After him are Samih al-Qasim (1939), Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), and Nahed Hattar (1960).

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