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Menippus

290 BC - 260 BC

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Menippus of Gadara (; Greek: Μένιππος ὁ Γαδαρεύς Menippos ho Gadareus; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Cynic satirist. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menippus has received more than 102,075 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Menippus is the 785th most popular writer (up from 805th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Jordanian Writer.

Menippus is most famous for his satirical works, which he wrote in the 2nd century AD.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Menippus ranks 785 out of 7,302. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas, Sinclair Lewis, Georg Brandes, Raymond Carver, Tove Ditlevsen, and Ibn al-Muqaffa'. After him are Theodore Beza, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Tao Yuanming, Jin Yong, Marie Mancini, and Wilhelm Hauff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 290 BC, Menippus ranks 2. Before him is Zhang Liang. After him are Sostratus of Cnidus, Teuta, Phriapatius, Antigonus of Carystus, Titus Manlius Torquatus, Anyte of Tegea, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Menippus ranks 2. Before him is Theocritus. After him are Sostratus of Cnidus, Zenodotus, Timaeus, Hanno the Great, Euthydemus I, Gaius Claudius Nero, Timocharis, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Marcus Livius Salinator, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Menippus ranks 9 out of 59. Before him are As-Saffah (722), Hussein of Jordan (1935), Jephthah (-1118), Al-Mahdi (744), Abdullah II of Jordan (1962), and Nicomachus (60). After him are Philodemus (-110), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), Balak (null), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), Phinehas (-1300), and Meleager of Gadara (-130).

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Among WRITERS In Jordan

Among writers born in Jordan, Menippus ranks 1. After him are Meleager of Gadara (-130), Samih al-Qasim (1939), Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), and Nahed Hattar (1960).

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