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Sotion

250 BC - 170 BC

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Sotion of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Σωτίων, gen.: Σωτίωνος; fl. c. 200 – 170 BC) was a Greek doxographer and biographer, and an important source for Diogenes Laërtius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sotion has received more than 30,449 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sotion is the 2,415th most popular writer (up from 3,872nd in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 432nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sotion ranks 2,415 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmad Shamlou, Eustache Deschamps, Ki no Tsurayuki, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Antiochus Kantemir, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. After him are Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Vonda N. McIntyre, Charlotte Buff, Aelred of Rievaulx, Kate Chopin, and Olaudah Equiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250 BC, Sotion ranks 14. Before him are Touman, Chen Sheng, Lykourgos, Nicander, Ariobarzanes of Pontus, and Gala. After him are Archidamus V, Aulus Atilius Calatinus, An Dương Vương, Sauromaces I of Iberia, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, and Cleombrotus II. Among people deceased in 170 BC, Sotion ranks 2. Before him is Nicander. After him is Hegesias of Magnesia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sotion ranks 350 out of 642. Before him are Neferkaure (-2150), Albert Cossery (1913), Nebettawy (-1250), Hypsicles (-190), Antipope Dioscorus (500), and Moshé Mizrahi (1931). After him are Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Ahmed Nazif (1952), Shawar (1100), Sayed Darwish (1892), Hassan Shehata (1947), and Sobekemsaf I (-1650).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Sotion ranks 28. Before him are Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Ibn Taghribirdi (1410), Apollonius Dyscolus (200), Zosimos of Panopolis (250), and Albert Cossery (1913). After him are Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Apion (-30), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), and Olympiodorus of Thebes (301).

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