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Oppian

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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 72,599 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oppian is the 3,560th 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 Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kynegetika
Classical literature, history and criticism, Hunting, Early works to 1800
2021
Oppian's des Jüngeren Gedicht von der Jagd, in vier Büchern
Criticism and interpretation
1885
Oppiano Della Pesca, È Della Caccia
2023
Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients
2018
Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus, with an English translation by A.W. Mair
Zoology, Pre-Linnean works, Classification
1928
Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus
Zoology, Hunting, Classification
1928

Page views of Oppians by language

Over the past year Oppian has had the most page views in the with 9,552 views, followed by Spanish (1,631), and Italian (1,552). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (185.15%), Hebrew (75.48%), and Catalan (39.43%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oppian ranks 3,560 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.

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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.

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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).

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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).

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