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Onomacritus

530 BC - 480 BC

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Onomacritus (Greek: Ὀνομάκριτος; c. 530 – c. 480 BCE), also known as Onomacritos and Onomakritos, was a Greek chresmologue, or compiler of oracles, who lived at the court of the tyrant Pisistratus in Athens and prepared an edition of the Homeric poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Onomacritus has received more than 38,060 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Onomacritus is the 3,550th most popular writer (up from 3,715th in 2019), the 602nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 613th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 38k

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  • 51.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Testimonia et fragmenta
2007

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Onomacritus ranks 3,550 out of 7,302. Before her are Anna Gavalda, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Pavel Bazhov, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Bertus Aafjes, and Ibn Bibi. After her are Leslie Stephen, Charles Malik, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Gene Wolfe, Angelos Sikelianos, and Natsuo Kirino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 530 BC, Onomacritus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 480 BC, Onomacritus ranks 6. Before her are Leonidas I, Ephialtes of Trachis, Mahapajapati Gotami, Cleombrotus, and Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis. After her is Hamilcar I of Carthage.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Onomacritus ranks 602 out of 1,024. Before her are Anaxidamus (-650), Sakis Rouvas (1962), Xenophon Zolotas (1904), Marinella (1938), Mohamed Sherif Pasha (1826), and Stelios Kazantzidis (1931). After her are Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Agesipolis II (-400), Cahit Arf (1910), Dionysius of Corinth (150), and Francesco Barozzi (1537).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Onomacritus ranks 70. Before her are Anyte of Tegea (-290), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Rhianus (-275), Alberto Savinio (1891), and Solomon Alkabetz (1505). After her are Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Lesches (-700), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Crates (-350), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), and Matilde Serao (1856).

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