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Philochorus

340 BC - 260 BC

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Philochorus of Athens (; Ancient Greek: Φιλόχορος, romanized: Philochoros; c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC), was a Greek historian and Atthidographer of the third century BC, and a member of a priestly family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philochorus has received more than 37,240 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Philochorus is the 204th most popular historian (up from 209th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Greece (up from 515th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Historian.

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  • 53.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Philochorus ranks 204 out of 561. Before her are Abu Mikhnaf, Linda Nochlin, Robert Conquest, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Pulakeshin II, and Alexander Vasiliev. After her are Karl Otfried Müller, Walter Laqueur, Tony Judt, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Constantine Lascaris, and Zeev Sternhell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 340 BC, Philochorus ranks 9. Before her are Appius Claudius Caecus, Theodorus the Atheist, Philetaerus, King Wuling of Zhao, Menedemus, and Duris of Samos. After her is Polyaenus of Lampsacus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Philochorus ranks 13. Before her are Euthydemus I, Gaius Claudius Nero, Timocharis, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Marcus Livius Salinator, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus. After her are Laodice I, Hannibal Gisco, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Orontes III, Appius Claudius Pulcher, and Publius Cornelius Cethegus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philochorus ranks 500 out of 1,024. Before her are Phoebe (50), Leosthenes (-400), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Douris (-600), Dinostratus (-390), and Dimitrios Gounaris (1867). After her are Musaeus of Athens (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), Archidamus I (-600), Isidore of Kiev (1385), Timotheus (-400), and Kostas Karamanlis (1956).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Philochorus ranks 9. Before her are Polybius (-208), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Callisthenes (-360), Theopompus (-400), Afet İnan (1908), and Michael Glykas (1125). After her are Krste Misirkov (1874), Marsyas of Pella (-400), Helene Ahrweiler (1926), Leo Allatius (1586), and Robert Kagan (1958).

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