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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 105,687 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Polygnotus is the 347th most popular painter (down from 334th in 2019).

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Polygnotuses by language

Over the past year Polygnotus has had the most page views in the with 15,992 views, followed by Greek (11,159), and Spanish (6,239). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (473.14%), Armenian (87.93%), and Slovak (64.26%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Polygnotus ranks 347 out of 2,023Before her are Giovanni Segantini, Lucio Fontana, John Singer Sargent, Richard Serra, Federico Zuccari, and Dosso Dossi. After her are William Holman Hunt, Philipp Otto Runge, Domenico Veneziano, Joseph Karl Stieler, Albert Anker, and Taddeo Gaddi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Polygnotus ranks 21Before her are Sogdianus of Persia, Pleistarchus, Meton of Athens, Brasidas, Zeuxis, and Mnesikles. After her are Archelaus, Eubulides, Fan Li, Parysatis, Alcamenes, and Ajatashatru. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Polygnotus ranks 15Before her are Rāhula, Obadiah, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Demaratus, and Lars Porsena. After her are Kapila, Amestris, Himilco, Xanthippus, Anytus, and Phrynichus.

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