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Phaedrus

20 BC - 50

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Gaius Julius Phaedrus (; Greek: Φαῖδρος; Phaîdros), or Phaeder (c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD) was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phaedrus has received more than 94,745 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Phaedrus is the 425th most popular writer (down from 424th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Greece (down from 106th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Greek Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Phaedrus ranks 425 out of 5,755Before him are Zecharia Sitchin, George Eliot, Elena Ferrante, G. K. Chesterton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Jami. After him are Louis Aragon, Vladimir Vysotsky, Bohumil Hrabal, Ennius, Louise de La Vallière, and Constantine P. Cavafy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 20 BC, Phaedrus ranks 3Before him are John the Baptist and Herod Antipas. After him are Gaius Caesar, Sejanus, and James, brother of Jesus. Among people deceased in 50, Phaedrus ranks 2Before him is Aulus Cornelius Celsus. After him are Abgar V, Marcus Manilius, and Thaddeus of Edessa.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phaedrus ranks 124 out of 936Before him are Critias (-460), Alexander of Greece (1893), Pope Hyginus (100), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Mardonius (-600), and Gülnuş Sultan (1642). After him are Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Ictinus (-500), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), and Ioannis Metaxas (1871).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Phaedrus ranks 16Before him are Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Arion (-700), and Lysias (-445). After him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Longus (110), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), and Agathias (536).