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Philostratus

170 - 250

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Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; Greek: Φιλόστρατος Philostratos; c. 170s – 240s AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philostratus has received more than 251,613 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Philostratus is the 885th most popular writer (up from 1,053rd in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Greece (up from 239th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Greek Writer.

Philostratus was a Greek sophist and author of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana, a biography of the Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana, who is said to have lived from c. 15 – c. 100 AD.

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  • 250k

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  • 61.86

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philostratus ranks 885 out of 5,755. Before him are Vicente Aleixandre, Hans Sachs, Eugène Scribe, Thomas Malory, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Clifford D. Simak. After him are Abraham Abulafia, Wilkie Collins, Jacques Clément, Georg Brandes, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 170, Philostratus ranks 5. Before him are Ulpian, Pupienus, Hippolytus of Rome, and Guo Jia. After him are Herodian and Pang De. Among people deceased in 250, Philostratus ranks 4. Before him are Nagarjuna, Pope Fabian, and Denis. After him are Herodian, Cai Yan, Saint Mercurius, Aryadeva, Aristides Quintilianus, Censorinus, and Licinianus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philostratus ranks 214 out of 936. Before him are Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Pelopidas (-450), Bacchylides (-490), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), Cylon of Athens (-700), and Demaratus (-600). After him are Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Archelaus (-500), Agathon (-448), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Thessalonike of Macedon (-352), and Cleobulus (-590).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Philostratus ranks 26. Before him are Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), Agathias (536), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), and Bacchylides (-490). After him are Agathon (-448), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Jean Moréas (1856), Corinna (-501), Rigas Feraios (1757), and Ugo Foscolo (1778).

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