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Timotheus of Miletus

450 BC - 360 BC

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Timotheus of Miletus (Ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 446 – 357 BC) was a Greek musician and dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "new music." He added one or more strings to the lyre, whereby he incurred the displeasure of the Spartans and Athenians (E. Curtius, Hist of Greece, bk. v. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timotheus of Miletus has received more than 49,651 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Timotheus of Miletus is the 2,483rd most popular writer (up from 2,525th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 761st in 2019) and the 74th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Timotheus of Miletus ranks 2,483 out of 7,302Before him are Carlo Emilio Gadda, Richard Wright, Eeva Kilpi, Ludovic Halévy, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Ulrich von Liechtenstein. After him are Wilhelm Raabe, Richard Adams, Peter Shaffer, Isak Samokovlija, Sextus Pompeius Festus, and Ursula Kuczynski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Timotheus of Miletus ranks 19Before him are Alcidamas, Artabanus of Persia, Ptolemy of Aloros, Amrapali, Anuruddha, and King An of Zhou. After him are Antiochus of Syracuse, Seuthes I, Thrasyllus, Eurymedon, Amadocus I, and Phormio. Among people deceased in 360 BC, Timotheus of Miletus ranks 13Before him are Campaspe, Aeschines of Sphettus, Artabazos II, Silanion, Polykleitos the Younger, and Lais of Hyccara. After him are Quintus Hortensius, Bryaxis, Antiphilus, Philitas of Cos, Anniceris, and Taxiles.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Timotheus of Miletus ranks 644 out of 1,347Before him are Mustafa Çelebi (1380), Saint Domnius (300), John of Ephesus (507), Theodore I Palaiologos (1355), Sibel Can (1970), and Manuel III of Trebizond (1364). After him are Alec Issigonis (1906), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), and Aristeas (-600).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Timotheus of Miletus ranks 74Before him are Bion of Smyrna (-300), Antiochus Kantemir (1708), Ibn Kemal (1468), Chariton (100), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), and John of Ephesus (507). After him are Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), Aristeas (-600), Cleitarchus (-400), and Idris Bitlisi (1452).