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Polygnotus

500 BC - 500 BC

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Polygnotus (; Greek: Πολύγνωτος Polygnotos) was an ancient Greek painter from the middle of the 5th century BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polygnotus has received more than 106,880 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Polygnotus is the 334th most popular painter (down from 316th in 2019).

Polygnotus is most famous for his frescoes found in the Lesche of the Knidians in Delphi.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 61.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among painters, Polygnotus ranks 334 out of 1,421Before her are Willem Claesz. Heda, Daniele da Volterra, Vasily Vereshchagin, Valentin Serov, Léon Bakst, and Claude Joseph Vernet. After her are Lorenzo Monaco, Meindert Hobbema, Karl Bryullov, Francesco Primaticcio, Isaac Levitan, and Oskar Schlemmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Polygnotus ranks 23Before her are Nicias, Meton of Athens, Brasidas, Sogdianus of Persia, Mnesikles, and Archelaus. After her are Fan Li, Eubulides, Parysatis, Alcamenes, Perdiccas II of Macedon, and Parrhasius. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Polygnotus ranks 15Before her are Diogenes of Apollonia, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Obadiah, Lars Porsena, and Demaratus. After her are Eurybiades, Himilco, Amestris, Anytus, Ageladas, and Xanthippus.

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