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Moschus

200 BC - 200 BC

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Moschus (Greek: Μόσχος) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet and student of the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace. He was born at Syracuse, Magna Graecia, and flourished about 150 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moschus has received more than 73,312 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Moschus is the 1,911th most popular writer (up from 1,962nd in 2019), the 1,959th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,949th in 2019) and the 135th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Europa des Moschos
1960
Europa
Europa (Greek mythology), Poetry
1991
The idylliums of Moschus and Bion, translated from the Greek. With annotations. To which is prefixed, an account of their lives; ... By Mr. Cooke
1724
Il prato
Biography, Christian biography, Hermits
1982
Lycidas
2009
Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus
2023
The idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus
Greek War poetry, Translations into English, Greek Pastoral poetry
1870
Europa
1991
Die Europa des Moschos
1960
Il prato
Biography, Christian biography, Hermits
1982

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Moschus ranks 1,911 out of 7,302. Before him are Christopher Robin Milne, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Viktor Barna, Ruan Ji, György Konrád, and Clark Ashton Smith. After him are Eiji Tsuburaya, Surdas, Gitta Sereny, Watchman Nee, Juhani Aho, and Nicanor Parra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Moschus ranks 31. Before him are Artabanus I of Parthia, Lucius Porcius Cato, Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, Eunus, Jonathan Apphus, and Adherbal. After him are Quintus Servilius Caepio, Cleopatra of Pontus, Gotarzes I, Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia, Apollonius of Tralles, and Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 200 BC, Moschus ranks 7. Before him are Livius Andronicus, Gentius, Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Leonidas of Rhodes, Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, and Laodice III. After him are Wiman of Gojoseon, Mithridates III of Pontus, Gaius Terentius Varro, Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia, Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, and Eucratides I.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Moschus ranks 1,959 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrew Avellino (1521), Daniele De Rossi (1983), Saint Fabiola (400), Leopoldo de' Medici (1617), Piero Taruffi (1906), and Marco Minghetti (1818). After him are Michele Sanmicheli (1484), Democedes (-600), Marcel Bich (1914), Simone Boccanegra (1301), Aripert I (625), and Roberto Bettega (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Moschus ranks 135. Before him are Philemon (-362), Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937), Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Caecilius Statius (-230), Cesare Zavattini (1902), and Paulinus II of Aquileia (740). After him are Eugenio Barba (1936), Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478), Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (100), Sophron (-500), Aloysius Bertrand (1807), and Nigidius Figulus (-98).

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