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Telesilla

500 BC - 460 BC

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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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  • 62k

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  • 56.17

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Telesilla ranks 1,787 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Telesilla ranks 46Before 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 8Before her are Mnesikles, Parrhasius, Paeonius, Pharnabazus II, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Agatharchus. After her are Hippo, Calamis, Apollodorus, Callimachus, Gylippus, and Achaemenes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Telesilla ranks 374 out of 936Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Telesilla ranks 46Before 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).