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Zenodotus

330 BC - 260 BC

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Zenodotus (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 77,454 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Zenodotus is the 1,105th most popular writer (up from 1,148th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 400th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Turkish Writer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zenodotus ranks 1,105 out of 5,755Before him are Lü Dongbin, Ethel Voynich, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Martin Andersen Nexø, and Alcman. After him are Lao She, Harry Harrison, Waris Dirie, Virginia Henderson, Dionysius Thrax, and B. H. Liddell Hart.

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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 5Before him are Theocritus, Sostratus of Cnidus, Menippus, and Timaeus. After him are Hanno the Great, Euthydemus I, Gaius Claudius Nero, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Laodice I, Timocharis, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Zenodotus ranks 413 out of 1,301Before him are Lucian of Antioch (240), Maria of Antioch (1145), Mimnermus (-670), Eumenes I (-250), Eumenes III (-200), and Alcman (-611). After him are Sisygambis (-301), Mithridates I of Pontus (-400), Pithana (-1800), George Akropolites (1217), Şehzade Ahmet (1466), and Kaykhusraw II (null).

Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Zenodotus ranks 28Before him are Aziz Nesin (1915), Ahmad Khani (1650), Bar Hebraeus (1226), John Malalas (491), Mimnermus (-670), and Alcman (-611). After him are Kassia (810), Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), Aelius Aristides (117), Callinus (-680), Oribasius (325), and Hieronymus of Cardia (-390).