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Bacchylides

490 BC - 451 BC

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Bacchylides (; Ancient Greek: Βακχυλίδης Bakkhulides; c. 518 – c. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets, which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been noted in Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus. Some scholars have characterized these qualities as superficial charm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bacchylides is the 831st most popular writer (up from 833rd in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Greece (down from 200th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Greek Writer.

Bacchylides is most famous for his poems about the battle of Salamis.

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Among writers, Bacchylides ranks 831 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Beza, Alain-René Lesage, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Kobayashi Issa, and John Bunyan. After him are Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, L. Ron Hubbard, Miroslav Krleža, and Antonio Machado.

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Among people born in 490 BC, Bacchylides ranks 7. Before him are Empedocles, Phidias, Zeno of Elea, Nehemiah, Archelaus I of Macedon, and Hellanicus of Lesbos. After him are Agis II, Crateuas of Macedon, Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, and Oenopides. Among people deceased in 451 BC, Bacchylides ranks 1. After him is Zuo Qiuming.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Bacchylides ranks 211 out of 1,024. Before him are Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Nearchus (-356), Theopompus (-400), Nicias (-500), Crates of Thebes (-365), and Aelia Eudocia (401). After him are Telamon (null), Stilpo (-359), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Erasistratus (-303), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), and Periander (-700).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Bacchylides ranks 26. Before him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Jerry Falwell (1933), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Agathias (536), and Aelia Eudocia (401). After him are Periander (-700), Philostratus (170), Agathon (-448), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Jean Moréas (1856), and Ugo Foscolo (1778).

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