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Zosimos of Panopolis

250 - 251

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Zosimos of Panopolis (Greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was a Greek alchemist and Gnostic mystic who lived at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century AD. He was born in Panopolis (present day Akhmim, in the south of Roman Egypt), and flourished ca. 300. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zosimos of Panopolis has received more than 363,860 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zosimos of Panopolis is the 2,229th most popular writer (up from 2,319th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 328th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Zosimi Panopolitani De zythorum confectione fragmentum nunc primum graece ac latine editum
Beer, Brewing, Fermentation
1814
On the letter omega
Alchemy
1978
Visioni e risvegli
Alchemy, Early works to 1800
1988
On the letter omega
Alchemy, Ouvrages avant 1800, 11.19 ancient religions: other
1978
Visioni e risvegli
Alchemy, Early works to 1800
1988
Zosimi Panopolitani de Zythorum Confectione Fragmentum Nunc Primum Graece Ac Latine Editum
2023
Zosimi Panopolitani De zythorum confectione fragmentum nunc primum graece ac latine editum
Beer, Brewing, Fermentation
1814

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zosimos of Panopolis ranks 2,229 out of 7,302. Before him are Chittaranjan Das, Renaud Camus, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, Israel Joshua Singer, and David Ogilvy. After him are Aphrahat, Leopoldo Alas, Jacob Cats, Felice Romani, Udo Lindenberg, and Arkady Gaidar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250, Zosimos of Panopolis ranks 32. Before him are Valerian II, Macrianus Major, Emerentiana, Macrianus Minor, Laelianus, and Polyeuctus. After him are Gaius Julius Priscus, Victorinus of Pettau, Regalianus, Alexander of Constantinople, Censorinus, and Micheon of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 251, Zosimos of Panopolis ranks 7. Before him are Decius, Sima Yi, Hostilian, Herennius Etruscus, Babylas of Antioch, and Herennia Etruscilla. After him are Gaius Julius Priscus, and Alexander of Jerusalem.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Zosimos of Panopolis ranks 338 out of 642. Before him are Peire de Montagut (1200), Neferkamin Anu (-2150), Shenoute (348), Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (1920), Apollonius Dyscolus (200), and Abdulrahman Fawzi (1909). After him are Iset (-1350), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Timocharis (-320), Mariamne (-100), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), and Neferkaure (-2150).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Zosimos of Panopolis ranks 26. Before him are Herodas (-300), Edmond Jabès (1912), Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Ibn Taghribirdi (1410), and Apollonius Dyscolus (200). After him are Albert Cossery (1913), Sotion (-250), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Apion (-30), and Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888).

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