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Asclepiades of Samos

320 BC - 300 BC

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Asclepiades of Samos (Sicelidas) (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης ὁ Σάμιος; born c. 320 BC) was an ancient Greek epigrammatist and lyric poet who flourished around 270 BC. He was a friend of Hedylus and possibly of Theocritus. He may have been honoured by the city of Histiaea in about 263 BC. Asclepiades was the earliest and most important of the convivial and erotic epigrammists. Only a few of his compositions were intended as actual inscriptions, if any. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asclepiades of Samos is the 2,178th most popular writer (up from 2,189th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 434th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 2,178 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernard Palissy, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Aleksander Chodźko, Yuan Mei, Judith Kerr, and Cesare Zavattini. After him are Håkan Nesser, Pierre Lemaitre, George Tabori, Thorbjørn Egner, Terry Eagleton, and Gaston III, Count of Foix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 4. Before him are Bindusara, Timon of Phlius, and Lycophron. After him are Meleager, Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 25. Before him are Gnaeus Flavius, Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, Diodorus Cronus, Publius Claudius Pulcher, Cleitarchus, and Anyte of Tegea. After him are Archidamus IV, Sames I, Hecataeus of Abdera, Metrocles, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, and Lysandra.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 433 out of 1,024. Before him are Eupalinos (-600), Manolis Glezos (1922), Callimachus (-500), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Dexippus (210), and Menedemus (-340). After him are Brennus (-301), Constantine Kanaris (1793), Albert Cohen (1895), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Antalcidas (-500), and Agesilaus I (null).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Asclepiades of Samos ranks 48. Before him are Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Erinna (-400), Ion of Chios (-490), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Anyte of Tegea (-290), and Dexippus (210). After him are Albert Cohen (1895), Telesilla (-500), Posidippus (-310), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Eupolis (-446), and Isaeus (-420).

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