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Scylax of Caryanda

600 BC - 500 BC

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Scylax of Caryanda (Greek: Σκύλαξ ὁ Καρυανδεύς) was a Greek explorer and writer of the late 6th and early 5th centuries BCE. His own writings are lost, though occasionally cited or quoted by later Greek and Roman authors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scylax of Caryanda has received more than 161,215 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Scylax of Caryanda is the 144th most popular explorer (up from 145th in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 3rd most popular Turkish Explorer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Scylax of Caryanda ranks 144 out of 498. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Andrés de Urdaneta, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Otto Sverdrup, Mikhail Lazarev, and Sebastián de Belalcázar. After him are Cornelis de Houtman, Emin Pasha, Mark Sykes, Don Walsh, Martin Frobisher, and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Scylax of Caryanda ranks 48. Before him are Sextus Tarquinius, Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, Publius Valerius Publicola, Nebuchadnezzar III, Myia, and Ageladas. After him are Eurybiades, Nebuchadnezzar IV, Cleombrotus, Eupalinos, Hipponax, and Miltiades the Elder. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Scylax of Caryanda ranks 25. Before him are Xanthippus, Anytus, Phrynichus, Ageladas, Antenor, and Corax of Syracuse. After him are Eurybiades, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Democedes, Artystone, Artaphernes, and Lie Yukou.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Scylax of Caryanda ranks 478 out of 1,347. Before him are Adamantios Korais (1748), Oribasius (325), Gerasimus of the Jordan (500), Theodore Metochites (1270), Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), and Yousuf Karsh (1908). After him are Maathorneferure (-1250), Aquila of Sinope (100), Nicander (-250), Apollonius Molon (-200), Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), and Kemal Sunal (1944).

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Among EXPLORERS In Türkiye

Among explorers born in Türkiye, Scylax of Caryanda ranks 3. Before him are Evliya Çelebi (1611), and Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179). After him are Eudoxus of Cyzicus (-100).

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