WRITER

Posidippus

310 BC - 240 BC

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Posidippus of Pella (Ancient Greek: Ποσείδιππος Poseidippos; c. 310 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Posidippus has received more than 17,620 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Posidippus is the 1,629th most popular writer (up from 2,482nd in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 471st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Greek Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The new Posidippus
Congresses, Translations into English, Criticism and interpretation
2005
Posidippi Pellaei quae supersunt omnia
Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Greek Epigrams
2002

Page views of Posidippuses by language

Over the past year Posidippus has had the most page views in the with 1,950 views, followed by French (1,587), and Chinese (1,241). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (131.29%), Latin (110.55%), and Galician (64.90%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Posidippus ranks 1,629 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Adamantios Korais, Sebastian Haffner, Gore Vidal, Anonymus, and Oribasius. After him are Jurji Zaydan, Ludwig Börne, Fernando del Paso, Ivan Klíma, Péter Nádas, and Ira Levin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 310 BC, Posidippus ranks 2. Before him is Callimachus. After him is Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina. Among people deceased in 240 BC, Posidippus ranks 6. Before him are Euclid, Callimachus, Arcesilaus, Aratus, and Zou Yan.

Others Born in 310 BC

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Others Deceased in 240 BC

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  • Photo of Euclid

    Euclid

    MATHEMATICIAN

    350 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 85.74

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Callimachus

    Callimachus

    WRITER

    310 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 69.45

    Rank: 2

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    Arcesilaus

    PHILOSOPHER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 66.89

    Rank: 3

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    Aratus

    WRITER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 64.77

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Zou Yan

    Zou Yan

    PHILOSOPHER

    305 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 58.36

    Rank: 5

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    Posidippus

    WRITER

    310 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 57.79

    Rank: 6

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Posidippus ranks 353 out of 1,024. Before him are Isaac Carasso (1874), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Alexandros Panagoulis (1939), Pleistoanax (-500), Aratus of Sicyon (-271), and Eupolis (-446). After him are Aspasia Manos (1896), Iphicrates (-415), Brennus (-301), Eurydice of Egypt (-400), Peithon (-355), and Simeon Uroš (1326).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Posidippus ranks 41. Before him are Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Phrynichus (-535), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), and Eupolis (-446). After him are Albert Cohen (1895), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Isaeus (-420), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), and Ion of Chios (-490).

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