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Zenodotus

330 BC - 260 BC

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Zenodotus (Ancient Greek: Ζηνόδοτος) was a Greek grammarian, literary critic, Homeric scholar, and the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zenodotus has received more than 85,835 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Zenodotus is the 1,117th most popular writer (down from 1,103rd in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 411th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Turkish Writer.

Zeno of Citium was a Greek philosopher who is most famous for developing the Stoic philosophy.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zenodotus ranks 1,117 out of 7,302Before him are Ethel Voynich, Shi Nai'an, Ellen Key, Yakub Kolas, Henri Michaux, and Bernardino de Sahagún. After him are Ernst Hanfstaengl, P. L. Travers, Alain-Fournier, Norman Mailer, Antarah ibn Shaddad, and Agathon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 330 BC, Zenodotus ranks 3Before him are Cleanthes, and Euhemerus.  Among people deceased in 260 BC, Zenodotus ranks 4Before him are Theocritus, Menippus, and Sostratus of Cnidus. After him are Timaeus, Hanno the Great, Euthydemus I, Gaius Claudius Nero, Timocharis, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Marcus Livius Salinator, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Zenodotus ranks 347 out of 1,347Before him are Tarasios of Constantinople (730), Qara Yusuf (1357), Irene Angelina (1181), Diodotus Tryphon (-150), Ebussuud Efendi (1490), and Gevherhan Sultan (1544). After him are Ahmet Davutoğlu (1959), Mammes of Caesarea (259), Artaphernes (-600), Aziz Sancar (1946), Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1845), and Gülçiçek Hatun (1355).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Zenodotus ranks 23Before him are Ibn Hawqal (943), Aziz Nesin (1915), Theodoret (393), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Mimnermus (-670), and John Malalas (491). After him are Alcman (-611), Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), Publilius Syrus (-100), Symeon the New Theologian (949), Bâkî (1526), and Kassia (810).