WRITER

Oppian

101 - Today

Photo of Oppian

Icon of person Oppian

Oppian (Ancient Greek: Ὀππιανός, Oppianós; Latin: Oppianus), also known as Oppian of Anazarbus, of Corycus, or of Cilicia, was a 2nd-century Greco-Roman poet during the reign of the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, who composed the Halieutica, a five-book didactic epic on fishing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oppian has received more than 80,584 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oppian is the 3,561st most popular writer (up from 3,805th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 943rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oppian ranks 3,561 out of 7,302. Before him are Gene Wolfe, Angelos Sikelianos, Natsuo Kirino, Tōson Shimazaki, Edith Durham, and Joss Whedon. After him are Jorge de Montemor, Louis Adamic, Altaf Hussain Hali, George Gissing, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, and Ernst Weiss.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 101, Oppian ranks 12. Before him are Zhang Lu, Felicitas of Rome, Blandina, An Shigao, Xenophon of Ephesus, and Gan Ji.

Others Born in 101

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Oppian ranks 801 out of 1,347. Before him are Richard von Kühlmann (1873), Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871), Polyeuctus of Constantinople (null), Georgios Tsitas (1872), Nectarius of Constantinople (null), and Athenodorus Cananites (-100). After him are Hande Erçel (1993), Basil Lekapenos (925), Dieter Zetsche (1953), Ariarathes I of Cappadocia (null), Victor and Corona (null), and Stephen II of Constantinople (850).

Others born in Türkiye

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Oppian ranks 92. Before him are Zülfü Livaneli (1946), Arctinus of Miletus (-800), Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764), Ruben Sevak (1885), John VIII of Constantinople (1005), and Orhan Veli Kanık (1914). After him are Xanthus (-500), Aphthonius of Antioch (300), Musine Kokalari (1917), John Mauropous (990), Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901), and Tevfik Fikret (1867).

Turkish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous