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Antiphanes

388 BC - 311 BC

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Antiphanes (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφάνης; c. 408 to 334 BCE) was a playwright of Middle Comedy. According to Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside Alexis. Antiphanes was said to have written as many as 365 comedies, and 140 titles of his works are known. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antiphanes is the 3,876th most popular writer (down from 2,888th in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from Greece (down from 518th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Antiphanes ranks 3,876 out of 7,302. Before him are Joachim Heinrich Campe, Graham Hancock, Paavo Haavikko, José Cadalso, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Jaroslav Vrchlický. After him are Kočo Racin, Francesco de Sanctis, Robert de Clari, He Zhizhang, Blaga Dimitrova, and Frédéric Dard.

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Among people born in 388 BC, Antiphanes ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 311 BC, Antiphanes ranks 2. Before him is King Huiwen of Qin.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Antiphanes ranks 650 out of 1,024. Before him are Sakis Rouvas (1962), Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Stylianos Gonatas (1876), Angelos Charisteas (1980), and Nikos Beloyannis (1915). After him are Dinostratus (-390), Ioannis Malokinis (1880), Cahit Arf (1910), Labotas (null), Erigyius (-400), and Petrobey Mavromichalis (1765).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Antiphanes ranks 75. Before him are Lesches (-700), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), and Alberto Savinio (1891). After him are Matilde Serao (1856), Onomacritus (-530), Corinna (-501), Sotades (-400), Ioannis Chrysafis (1873), and Kostas Karyotakis (1896).

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