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Myrtis of Anthedon

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Myrtis (Ancient Greek: Μύρτις; fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet from Anthedon, a town in Boeotia. She was said to have taught the poets Pindar and Corinna. The only surviving record of her poetry is a paraphrase by the 1st-century AD historian Plutarch, discussing a local Boeotian legend. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Myrtis of Anthedon has received more than 22,825 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Myrtis of Anthedon is the 4,845th most popular writer (down from 3,295th in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Greece (down from 568th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 55.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Myrtis of Anthedon ranks 4,845 out of 7,302. Before her are Zhu Ziqing, Leonti Mroveli, Émile Souvestre, Mary Stewart, Vittorio Messori, and José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi. After her are Corín Tellado, Gulnazar Keldi, Jim Harrison, Jan Kjærstad, Joe R. Lansdale, and Vitaliano Brancati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Myrtis of Anthedon ranks 90. Before her are Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene, Tolmides, Pharnabazus I, Peisander, Pharnaces II of Phrygia, and Panyassis. After her are Mindarus, Ariamnes, and Sirras.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Myrtis of Anthedon ranks 736 out of 1,024. Before her are Ioannis Persakis (1877), Stefanos Dragoumis (1842), Alketas Panagoulias (1934), Alexandre Tuffère (1876), Georgios Roubanis (1929), and Traianos Dellas (1976). After her are Stefanos Stefanopoulos (1898), Nikos Xilouris (1936), Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1822), Myronides (-450), Polemon of Athens (200), and Toma Caragiu (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Myrtis of Anthedon ranks 82. Before her are Matilde Serao (1856), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Sotades (-400), Pherecrates (-450), Kostas Karyotakis (1896), and Lucius Shepard (1943). After her are Alki Zei (1925), Ioannis Chrysafis (1873), Andreas Kalvos (1792), Kiki Dimoula (1931), John Kaminiates (900), and Kalliroi Parren (1861).

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