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Anyte of Tegea

290 BC - 300 BC

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Anyte of Tegea (Ancient Greek: Ἀνύτη; fl. c. 300 BC) was a Hellenistic poet from Tegea in Arcadia. Little is known of her life, but twenty-four epigrams attributed to her are preserved in the Greek Anthology, and one is quoted by Julius Pollux; nineteen of these are generally accepted as authentic. She introduced rural themes to the genre, which became a standard theme in Hellenistic epigrams. She is one of the nine outstanding ancient women poets listed by Antipater of Thessalonica in the Palatine Anthology. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anyte of Tegea is the 2,129th most popular writer (up from 3,042nd in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Greece (up from 540th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anyte of Tegea ranks 2,129 out of 7,302. Before her are Barbara von Krüdener, Albert Memmi, Eugenio Barba, Albert Gleizes, Adnan Oktar, and Lewis Mumford. After her are Harold Bloom, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, Carl Zuckmayer, and Cangrande I della Scala.

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Among people born in 290 BC, Anyte of Tegea ranks 6. Before her are Teuta, Sostratus of Cnidus, Menippus, Zhang Liang, and Phriapatius. After her are Antigonus of Carystus, Titus Manlius Torquatus, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Anyte of Tegea ranks 24. Before her are Appius Claudius Caudex, Gnaeus Flavius, Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, Diodorus Cronus, Publius Claudius Pulcher, and Cleitarchus. After her are Asclepiades of Samos, Archidamus IV, Sames I, Hecataeus of Abdera, Metrocles, and Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Anyte of Tegea ranks 426 out of 1,024. Before her are Dinarchus (-361), Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994), Isaac Carasso (1874), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), and Michail Stasinopoulos (1903). After her are Eupalinos (-600), Manolis Glezos (1922), Callimachus (-500), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Dexippus (210), and Menedemus (-340).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Anyte of Tegea ranks 46. Before her are Lycophron (-320), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Erinna (-400), Ion of Chios (-490), and Dionysios Solomos (1798). After her are Dexippus (210), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Albert Cohen (1895), Telesilla (-500), Posidippus (-310), and Victorinus of Pettau (250).

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