556 BC - 468 BC
Simonides of Ceos (; Greek: Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556–468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born at Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria included him in the canonical list of the nine lyric poets esteemed by them as worthy of critical study. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simonides of Ceos has received more than 309,773 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Simonides of Ceos is the 315th most popular writer (down from 309th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 76th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Writer.
Simonides of Ceos is most famous for his poem on the battle of Thermopylae.
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Among writers, Simonides of Ceos ranks 315 out of 5,794. Before him are Alfonso X of Castile, Nâzım Hikmet, Ezra Pound, Christopher Marlowe, Elena Ferrante, and François Mauriac. After him are Roger Martin du Gard, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Wilhelm Grimm, Anna Komnene, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
1221 - 1284
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 309
1902 - 1963
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 310
1885 - 1972
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 311
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 312
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 313
1885 - 1970
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 314
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 315
1881 - 1958
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 316
1934 - 2018
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 317
1786 - 1859
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 318
1083 - 1153
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 319
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 320
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 321
Among people born in 556 BC, Simonides of Ceos ranks 1. Among people deceased in 468 BC, Simonides of Ceos ranks 1.
Among people born in Greece, Simonides of Ceos ranks 83 out of 855. Before him are Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Hephaestion (-356), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Lysimachus (-361), and Galla Placidia (388). After him are George II of Greece (1890), Critias (-460), Handan Sultan (1574), Cimon (-510), Philip III of Macedon (-359), and Agrippina the Elder (-14).
382 BC - 301 BC
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 77
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 78
1882 - 1944
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 79
1902 - 1963
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 80
361 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 81
388 - 450
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 82
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 83
1890 - 1947
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 84
460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 85
1574 - 1605
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 86
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 87
359 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 88
14 BC - 33
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 89
Among writers born in Greece, Simonides of Ceos ranks 10. Before him are Sappho (-630), Aeschylus (-525), Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), and Nâzım Hikmet (1902). After him are Archilochus (-680), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Arion (-700), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), and Tyrtaeus (-700).
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 4
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 5
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 6
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 7
1883 - 1957
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 8
1902 - 1963
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 9
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 10
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 11
20 BC - 50
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 12
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 13
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 14
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 15
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 16