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Stesichorus

630 BC - 555 BC

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Stesichorus (; Greek: Στησίχορος, Stēsichoros; c. 630 – 555 BC) was a Greek lyric poet native of Metauros (Gioia Tauro today). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stesichorus has received more than 237,435 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Stesichorus is the 849th most popular writer (down from 814th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from Italy (down from 972nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular Italian Writer.

Stesichorus is most famous for his epic poem, "The Palinode," which is about the Trojan War.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Stesichoros
Classical literature
2003
Greek Lyric, Volume III, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, and Others (Loeb Classical Library No. 476)
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Fragmenta Stesichori lyrici
1771
Stesichori Himerensis fragmenta, collegit, dissertationem de vita et poesi auctoris praemisit O ..
1828

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stesichorus ranks 849 out of 7,302. Before him are Vittoria Colonna, Robert van Gulik, Heliodorus of Emesa, Juliette Récamier, Varlam Shalamov, and W. H. Auden. After him are Jules Renard, Frank Wedekind, Ahmed Deedat, Vicente Aleixandre, Meša Selimović, and Philippe Ariès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 630 BC, Stesichorus ranks 4. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar II, Sappho, and Jehoahaz of Judah. After him is Amytis of Media. Among people deceased in 555 BC, Stesichorus ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Stesichorus ranks 987 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Giovanni Giolitti (1842), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Sextus Pompey (-67), Vittoria Colonna (1490), and Lucia Bosè (1931). After him are Luigi Einaudi (1874), Fulvia (-77), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Franco Columbu (1941), Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610), and Saint Cajetan (1480).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Stesichorus ranks 76. Before him are Ibycus (-600), Pietro Bembo (1470), Italo Svevo (1861), Venantius Fortunatus (530), Gerard of Cremona (1114), and Vittoria Colonna (1490). After him are Gaius Lucilius (-180), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Lucius Accius (-170), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Chiara Lubich (1920), and Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102).

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