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Philaenis

250 BC - 300 BC

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Philaenis of Samos was supposedly the author of a famous ancient sex manual. According to a surviving fragment of a treatise which claims to have been written by her, she was from Samos, and her father was called Ocymenes. However, many modern scholars consider "Philaenis" a fictional character whose persona may have been adopted by a variety of erotic writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philaenis has received more than 95,067 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Philaenis is the 5,514th most popular writer (down from 4,588th in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from Greece (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philaenis ranks 5,514 out of 7,302. Before her are John Keel, Gevorg Emin, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Niccolò Ammaniti, Eva Ibbotson, and Brigitte Reimann. After her are Kazimierz Brandys, Vibius Sequester, Ted Chiang, Goffredo Parise, Steven Moffat, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250 BC, Philaenis ranks 33. Before her are Manius Otacilius Crassus, Bilistiche, Arsames I, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Stratonice of Macedon, and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus.  Among people deceased in 300 BC, Philaenis ranks 60. Before her are Laodice II, Quintus Marcius Philippus, Apama II, Stratonice of Macedon, Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus, and Craterus. After her is Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philaenis ranks 788 out of 1,024. Before her are Alexandros Diomidis (1875), Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas (1893), Demophon of Eleusis (null), Anastasios Metaxas (1862), Giorgos Koudas (1946), and Stratis Myrivilis (1890). After her are Antonios Pepanos (1866), Dimitrios Maximos (1873), Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), Spyridon Athanasopoulos (1900), Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (1890), and Dimitris Koutsoumpas (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Philaenis ranks 90. Before her are Ioannis Chrysafis (1873), Andreas Kalvos (1792), Kiki Dimoula (1931), John Kaminiates (900), Kalliroi Parren (1861), and Stratis Myrivilis (1890). After her are Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), Jerry Falwell (1933), Maria Polydouri (1902), and Dimitris Lyacos (1966).

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