500 BC - 460 BC
Telesilla (Ancient Greek: Τελέσιλλα) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Argos, active in the fifth century BC. She is known for her supposed role in the defence of Argos in 494 BC, which is doubted by modern scholars. Only a few fragments of her poetry survive, several of which reference the gods Apollo and Artemis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Telesilla has received more than 61,548 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Telesilla is the 1,787th most popular writer (up from 1,911th in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from Greece (up from 391st in 2019) and the 46th most popular Greek Writer.
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Among writers, Telesilla ranks 1,787 out of 5,755. Before her are György Konrád, Elvira Madigan, Aphra Behn, Ion of Chios, Robert Silverberg, and Anne Perry. After her are Hugh Lofting, John of Ephesus, William Caxton, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Jorge Manrique, and Margarete Buber-Neumann.
1933 - 2019
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 1,781
1867 - 1889
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 1,782
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,783
490 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,784
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,785
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,786
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,787
1886 - 1947
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,788
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 1,789
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,790
1877 - 1974
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,791
1440 - 1479
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,792
1901 - 1989
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,793
Among people born in 500 BC, Telesilla ranks 46. Before her are Diagoras of Rhodes, Perictione, Theagenes of Thasos, Callicratidas, Corax of Syracuse, and Agatharchus. After her are Cebes, Hippo, Cephisodotus the Elder, Calamis, Apollodorus, and Antalcidas. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Telesilla ranks 8. Before her are Mnesikles, Parrhasius, Paeonius, Pharnabazus II, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Agatharchus. After her are Hippo, Calamis, Apollodorus, Callimachus, Gylippus, and Achaemenes.
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 40
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 41
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 42
500 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 43
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 44
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 45
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 46
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 47
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 48
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 49
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 50
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 51
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 52
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 2
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 3
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 4
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 6
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 7
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 8
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 9
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 10
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 11
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 12
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 13
600 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 14
Among people born in Greece, Telesilla ranks 374 out of 936. Before her are Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Eupolis (-446), Agatharchus (-500), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), Ion of Chios (-490), and Philo of Larissa (-145). After her are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906), Isaac Carasso (1874), Aristomenes (-700), Demades (-380), Podalirius (null), and Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913).
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 368
446 BC - 411 BC
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 369
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 370
1745 - 1821
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 371
490 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 372
145 BC - 79 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 373
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 374
1906 - 1968
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 375
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 376
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 377
380 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 378
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 379
1913 - 2007
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 380
Among writers born in Greece, Telesilla ranks 46. Before her are Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Acusilaus (-600), Dexippus (210), Eupolis (-446), and Ion of Chios (-490). After her are Albert Cohen (1895), Isaeus (-420), Phylarchus (-255), Erinna (-400), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), and Victorinus of Pettau (250).
650 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 40
1055 - 1107
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 41
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 42
210 - 278
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 43
446 BC - 411 BC
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 44
490 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 45
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 46
1895 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 47
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 48
255 BC - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 49
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 50
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 51
250 - 303
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 52