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Polyaenus

101 - 180

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Polyaenus or Polyenus ( POL-ee-EE-nəs; see ae (æ) vs. e; Ancient Greek: Πoλύαινoς, romanized: Polyainos, "much-praised") was a 2nd-century Roman Macedonian author and rhetorician, known best for his Stratagems in War (Ancient Greek: Στρατηγήματα, romanized: Strategemata), which has been preserved. He was born in Bithynia, Asia Minor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polyaenus has received more than 125,729 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Polyaenus is the 1,168th most popular writer (down from 1,127th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Polyaeni Strategematon libri octo
Early works to 1800, Military art and science
1860
Strategemata
Early works to 1800, Military art and science
1949
Stratagems
1793
Polyaenus's stratagems of war
Early works to 1800, Military art and science
1551
Polyænus's Stratagems of war
Early works to 1800, Military art and science
1793
Polyainou strategematon bibloi okto
1756

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Polyaenus ranks 1,168 out of 7,302. Before him are Aleksis Kivi, Deepak Chopra, Sankardev, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gottfried Benn, and Mercè Rodoreda. After him are Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ugo Foscolo, E. Howard Hunt, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Giovanni Papini, and Francesco Maria Piave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 101, Polyaenus ranks 4. Before him are Herodes Atticus, Apollinaris of Ravenna, and Lucius Aelius. After him are Meng Huo, Zhang Lu, Felicitas of Rome, Blandina, An Shigao, Xenophon of Ephesus, Gan Ji, and Oppian. Among people deceased in 180, Polyaenus ranks 6. Before him are Marcus Aurelius, Pausanias, Gaius, Aulus Gellius, and Tatian. After him are Melito of Sardis, and Hegesippus.

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