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Antigonus of Carystus

290 BC - 197 BC

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Antigonus of Carystus (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος; Latin: Antigonus Carystius), a Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BCE. After some time spent at Athens and travelling, he was summoned to the court of Attalus I (241 BCE–197 BCE) of Pergamum. His chief work is the Successions of Philosophers drawn from personal knowledge, with considerable fragments preserved in Athenaeus and Diogenes Laërtius. His work Ἱστοριῶν παραδόξων συναγωγή (Historiae Mirabiles, "Collection of Wonderful Tales"), a paradoxographical work chiefly extracted from the Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων (On Marvellous Things Heard) attributed to Aristotle and the Θαυμάσια ("Thaumasia") of Callimachus, survived to modernity. It is doubtful whether he is identical to the sculptor who, according to Pliny (Nat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antigonus of Carystus is the 2,525th most popular writer (down from 2,497th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Greece (down from 474th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 2,525 out of 7,302. Before him are Terence McKenna, Sogyal Rinpoche, María Kodama, Heimito von Doderer, Ikki Kita, and Cornelis de Bruijn. After him are Hermas, John VIII of Constantinople, Daqiqi, Sibilla Aleramo, Esther Vilar, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos.

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Among people born in 290 BC, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 7. Before him are Teuta, Sostratus of Cnidus, Menippus, Zhang Liang, Phriapatius, and Anyte of Tegea. After him are Titus Manlius Torquatus, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Among people deceased in 197 BC, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 2. Before him is Attalus I.

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Among people born in Greece, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 491 out of 1,024. Before him are Kresilas (-480), Dorieus (-600), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Eusebia (400), Agis I (-957), and Diocles (-240). After him are Leonidas Pyrgos (1871), Leon of Sparta (-700), Georgios Kondylis (1878), Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945), Ioannis Kolettis (1773), and Gylippus (-500).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Antigonus of Carystus ranks 55. Before him are Albert Cohen (1895), Telesilla (-500), Posidippus (-310), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Eupolis (-446), and Isaeus (-420). After him are Praxilla (-500), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Acusilaus (-600), Philitas of Cos (-400), Crates (-350), and Kostis Palamas (1859).

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