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Simonides of Ceos
556 BC - 468 BC
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Simonides of Ceos
His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2024). Simonides of Ceos is the 348th most popular writer (up from 357th in 2024), the 93rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 96th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Greek Writer.
Simonides of Ceos is most famous for his poem on the battle of Thermopylae.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Simonides of Ceos ranks 348 out of 7,302. Before him are Arion, Archilochus, Mikhail Lermontov, Amos Oz, Eyvind Johnson, and Paul Valéry. After him are Marguerite Duras, Peter Drucker, Roald Dahl, Luqman, Giorgos Seferis, and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
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Arion
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 342
Archilochus
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 343
Mikhail Lermontov
1814 - 1841
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 344
Amos Oz
1939 - 2018
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 345
Eyvind Johnson
1900 - 1976
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 346
Paul Valéry
1871 - 1945
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 347
Simonides of Ceos
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 348
Marguerite Duras
1914 - 1996
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 349
Peter Drucker
1909 - 2005
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 350
Roald Dahl
1916 - 1990
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 351
Luqman
1100 BC - 1769
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 352
Giorgos Seferis
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 353
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
1896 - 1957
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 354
Contemporaries
Among people born in 556 BC, Simonides of Ceos ranks 1. After him is Zuo Qiuming. Among people deceased in 468 BC, Simonides of Ceos ranks 1.
Others Born in 556 BC
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WRITER
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 1
Zuo Qiuming
HISTORIAN
556 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 2
Others Deceased in 468 BC
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Among people born in Greece, Simonides of Ceos ranks 93 out of NaN. Before him are Irene Papas (1929), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Mardonius (-600), Hippias (-443), Arion (-700), and Archilochus (-680). After him are Hephaestion (-356), Philip III of Macedon (-359), Alexander of Greece (1893), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Lysimachus (-361), and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789).
Others born in Greece
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Irene Papas
ACTOR
1929 - 2022
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 87
Mikis Theodorakis
COMPOSER
1925 - 2021
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 88
Mardonius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 89
Hippias
PHILOSOPHER
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 90
Arion
WRITER
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 91
Archilochus
WRITER
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 92
Simonides of Ceos
WRITER
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 93
Hephaestion
MILITARY PERSONNEL
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 94
Philip III of Macedon
POLITICIAN
359 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 95
Alexander of Greece
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1920
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 96
John III Doukas Vatatzes
POLITICIAN
1192 - 1254
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 97
Lysimachus
POLITICIAN
361 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 98
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
POLITICIAN
1789 - 1848
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 99
Among Writers In Greece
Among writers born in Greece, Simonides of Ceos ranks 13. Before him are Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Arion (-700), and Archilochus (-680). After him are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), and Longus (110).
Pindar
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 7
Menander
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 8
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 - 1957
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 9
Alcaeus of Mytilene
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 10
Arion
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 11
Archilochus
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 12
Simonides of Ceos
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 13
Demetrius Vikelas
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 14
Phaedrus
20 BC - 50
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 15
Lysias
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 16
Nâzım Hikmet
1902 - 1963
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 17
Hellanicus of Lesbos
490 BC - 405 BC
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 18
Longus
110 - 200
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 19
