WRITER

Tyrtaeus

700 BC - 700 BC

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Tyrtaeus (; Greek: Τυρταῖος Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books. His works survive from quotations and papyri, and include 250 lines or parts of lines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tyrtaeus has received more than 230,726 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Tyrtaeus is the 531st most popular writer (down from 481st in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Greece (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Greek Writer.

Tyrtaeus is most famous for his poems that were written to encourage the Spartans to fight against the Athenians.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus
1870
Martial effusions of ancient times
1804
Greek elegiac poetry
Literary Criticism
"This volume aims at providing a text and translation of the elegiac poets contained in the second edition of M.L. West's two volumes, 'Iambi et elegi Graeci' (Oxford 1989 and 1992). For various reasons, however, a number of poets have been omitted."--p. vii.
1999
Martial fragments of Tyrtaeus
1862
Greek Elegy and Iambus, Volume I
English poetry
1970

Page views of Tyrtaeuses by language

Over the past year Tyrtaeus has had the most page views in the with 23,632 views, followed by Ukrainian (18,759), and Italian (11,466). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (67.11%), Galician (54.02%), and Mirandese (51.09%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tyrtaeus ranks 531 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Paul, Imadaddin Nasimi, Pierre de Ronsard, Kumārajīva, Richard Bach, and José Martí. After him are Robert Walser, Franz Werfel, Jacob L. Moreno, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Tyrtaeus ranks 7. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Astyages, Cyaxares, Arion, Psamtik I, and Amasis II. After him are Jeconiah, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Necho I, Periander, and Psamtik II. Among people deceased in 700 BC, Tyrtaeus ranks 5. Before him are Isaiah, Hesiod, Achaemenes, and Nahum. After him are Gyges of Lydia, Jehoahaz of Judah, Cylon of Athens, Perdiccas I of Macedon, Callinus, Shebitku, and Ariaramnes.

Others Born in 700 BC

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  • Photo of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

    Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 579 BC

    HPI: 72.66

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.87

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Cyaxares

    Cyaxares

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 584 BC

    HPI: 68.43

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Arion

    Arion

    WRITER

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 68.13

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Psamtik I

    Psamtik I

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 610 BC

    HPI: 67.99

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Amasis II

    Amasis II

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 526 BC

    HPI: 66.49

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Tyrtaeus

    Tyrtaeus

    WRITER

    700 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 66.37

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Jeconiah

    Jeconiah

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 66.07

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.83

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Phalaris

    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.66

    Rank: 10

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    Necho I

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 664 BC

    HPI: 64.51

    Rank: 11

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    Periander

    WRITER

    700 BC - 583 BC

    HPI: 64.28

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Psamtik II

    Psamtik II

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 589 BC

    HPI: 64.03

    Rank: 13

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Others Deceased in 700 BC

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Tyrtaeus ranks 138 out of 1,024. Before him are Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Hippias (-600), Thespis (-600), Antonia Minor (-36), and Antipope Alexander V (1339). After him are Pope Hyginus (100), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), Costa-Gavras (1933), and Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Tyrtaeus ranks 17. Before him are Archilochus (-680), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Arion (-700), Phaedrus (-20), and Lysias (-445). After him are Periander (-700), Agathias (536), Longus (110), Aelia Eudocia (401), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Odysseas Elytis (1911).

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