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Sappho

630 BC - 570 BC

Sappho

Sappho (; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphō [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sappho has received more than 2,500,496 page views. Her biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia making her the 60th most popular writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 99

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sappho ranks 59 out of 4,883. Before her are Giacomo Casanova, Jane Austen, Charles Baudelaire, Lord Byron, Matsuo Bashō, and Friedrich Schiller. After her are Umberto Eco, Gabriel García Márquez, Stefan Zweig, James Joyce, Rabindranath Tagore, and Marquis de Sade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 630 BC, Sappho ranks 2. Before her is Nebuchadnezzar II. After her are Jehoahaz of Judah and Stesichorus. Among people deceased in 570 BC, Sappho ranks 1. After her is Pittacus of Mytilene.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sappho ranks 19 out of 698. Before her are Aeschylus (-525), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Aristophanes (-448), Democritus (-460), Plutarch (46), and Thucydides (-460). After her are Kösem Sultan (1590), Bayezid II (1447), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Phidias (-490), Themistocles (-524), and Xenophon (-430).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Sappho ranks 4. Before her are Sophocles (-497), Aeschylus (-525), and Aristophanes (-448). After her are Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Archilochus (-680), Arion (-700), and Phaedrus (-20).

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