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Theognis of Megara

570 BC - 485 BC

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Theognis of Megara

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Theognis of Megara is the 758th most popular writer (down from 743rd in 2024), the 939th most popular biography from Italy (down from 913th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Italian Writer.

Theognis of Megara is most famous for his elegies, which are poems about the trials and tribulations of love.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Theognis of Megara ranks 758 out of 7,302. Before him are Berossus, Edmond de Goncourt, Natalia Ginzburg, Hugo Ball, Cao Xueqin, and Ibn Hawqal. After him are Dio Chrysostom, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Arto Paasilinna, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Harry Mulisch, and V. S. Naipaul.

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Berossus
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 752
Edmond de Goncourt
1822 - 1896
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 753
Natalia Ginzburg
1916 - 1991
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 754
Hugo Ball
1886 - 1927
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 755
Cao Xueqin
1724 - 1763
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 756
Ibn Hawqal
943 - 988
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 757
Theognis of Megara
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 758
Dio Chrysostom
40 - 120
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 759
Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur
1603 - 1664
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 760
Arto Paasilinna
1942 - 2018
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 761
Maurus Servius Honoratus
363 - 301
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 762
Harry Mulisch
1927 - 2010
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 763
V. S. Naipaul
1932 - 2018
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 764

Contemporaries

Among people born in 570 BC, Theognis of Megara ranks 4. Before him are Pythagoras, Xenophanes, and Anacreon. After him is Hystaspes. Among people deceased in 485 BC, Theognis of Megara ranks 2. Before him is Anacreon. After him is Spurius Cassius Viscellinus.

Others Born in 570 BC

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Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 93.36
Rank: 1
Xenophanes
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 2
Anacreon
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 3
Theognis of Megara
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 4
Hystaspes
POLITICIAN
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 5

Others Deceased in 485 BC

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Anacreon
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 1
Theognis of Megara
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 2
Spurius Cassius Viscellinus
POLITICIAN
540 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 3

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Theognis of Megara ranks 939 out of NaN. Before him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), Matteo Zuppi (1955), Gianna Nannini (1954), and Salvator Rosa (1615). After him are Errico Malatesta (1853), Michelozzo (1396), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), and Francesco Primaticcio (1504).

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Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
COMPANION
1806 - 1878
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 933
Giacomo Agostini
RACING DRIVER
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 934
Dionysius II of Syracuse
POLITICIAN
397 BC - 343 BC
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 935
Matteo Zuppi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 936
Gianna Nannini
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 937
Salvator Rosa
PAINTER
1615 - 1673
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 938
Theognis of Megara
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 939
Errico Malatesta
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1853 - 1932
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 940
Michelozzo
ARCHITECT
1396 - 1472
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 941
Juliana of Nicomedia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
285 - 304
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 942
Sandro Mazzola
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 943
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
POLITICIAN
84 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 944
Francesco Primaticcio
PAINTER
1504 - 1570
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 945