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Acusilaus

600 BC - 500 BC

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Acusilaus, Acusilas, Acousileos, or Akousilaos (Ancient Greek: Ἀκουσίλαος) of Argos, son of Cabas or Scabras, was a Greek logographer and mythographer who lived in the latter half of the 6th century BC but whose work survives only in fragments and summaries of individual points. He is one of the authors (= FGrHist 2) whose fragments were collected in Felix Jacoby's Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker. Acusilaus was called the son of Cabras or Scabras, and it is not known whether he was of Peloponnesian or Boeotian Argos. Possibly there were two of the name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Acusilaus is the 2,923rd most popular writer (down from 2,921st in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Greece (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 58th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Acusilaus ranks 2,923 out of 7,302. Before him are Ales Adamovich, George Mosse, Leah Goldberg, Joan Alcover, Richard Wright, and Louise Weiss. After him are Julius Pomponius Laetus, Zofia Posmysz, Kató Lomb, Bernardo Guimarães, Maryana Marrash, and T. H. White.

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Among people born in 600 BC, Acusilaus ranks 76. Before him are Titus Aebutius Elva, Charondas, Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, Hydarnes, King Ling of Zhou, and Artazostre. After him are Aristeas, Eurycratides, Douris, Archidamus I, Kleitias, and Isagoras. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Acusilaus ranks 41. Before him are Theagenes of Thasos, Lie Yukou, Titus Aebutius Elva, Praxilla, Hydarnes, and Artazostre. After him are Xanthus, Aristodemus of Cumae, Douris, Megabates, Publius Postumius Tubertus, and Euthymides.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Acusilaus ranks 538 out of 1,024. Before him are Teucer (null), Philochorus (-340), Eugenios Voulgaris (1716), John Aniston (1933), Arethas of Caesarea (860), and Spyridon Marinatos (1901). After him are John II Orsini (1300), Alexandros Nikolopoulos (1875), Anthimus VII of Constantinople (1827), Timotheus (-400), Peisander (-500), and Philitas of Cos (-400).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Acusilaus ranks 58. Before him are Victorinus of Pettau (250), Eupolis (-446), Isaeus (-420), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Praxilla (-500), and Theodorus Gaza (1398). After him are Philitas of Cos (-400), Crates (-350), Kostis Palamas (1859), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), and Phylarchus (-255).

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