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Alcaeus of Mytilene

620 BC - 560 BC

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Alcaeus of Mytilene was a writer born in 620 BC in , which is now part of modern day Mytilene, Greece. Alcaeus of Mytilene died at 60 years old in NaN.

His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Alcaeus of Mytilene is the 259th most popular writer (up from 272nd in 2024), the 67th most popular biography from Greece (up from 74th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Writer.

Alcaeus of Mytilene is most famous for being a lyric poet in ancient Greece. He was born in Mytilene and was one of the Nine Lyric Poets.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 259 out of 7,302Before him are Dario Fo, Johanna Spyri, Joseph Heller, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, and J. K. Rowling. After him are Primo Levi, Herta Müller, Dale Carnegie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jordanes, and Bartolomé de las Casas.

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Among people born in 620 BC, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 2Before him is Aesop. After him is Sushruta. Among people deceased in 560 BC, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 1After him are Alyattes of Lydia, Thespis, Myia, Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, and Dorieus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 67 out of 1,024Before him are Pope Eleutherius (171), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Pyrrho (-365), Polykleitos (-450), and Nikos Kazantzakis (1883). After him are Epaminondas (-418), Pope Dionysius (200), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Isocrates (-436), Constantine I of Greece (1868), and Nana Mouskouri (1934).

Among Writers In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 10Before him are Euripides (-480), Aeschylus (-525), Sappho (-630), Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), and Nikos Kazantzakis (1883). After him are Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Phaedrus (-20), and Lysias (-445).