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Callimachus

500 BC - 460 BC

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Callimachus (; Ancient Greek: Καλλίμαχος, romanized: Kallimachos; c. 310 – c. 240 BC) was an ancient Greek poet, scholar, and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. A representative of Ancient Greek literature of the Hellenistic period, he wrote over 800 literary works, most of which do not survive, in a wide variety of genres. He espoused an aesthetic philosophy, known as Callimacheanism, which exerted a strong influence on the poets of the Roman Empire and, through them, on all subsequent Western literature. Born into a prominent family in the Greek city of Cyrene in modern-day Libya, he was educated in Alexandria, the capital of the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt. After working as a schoolteacher in the city, he came under the patronage of King Ptolemy II Philadelphus and was employed at the Library of Alexandria where he compiled the Pinakes, a comprehensive catalogue of all Greek literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Callimachus is the 211th most popular architect (up from 215th in 2024), the 429th most popular biography from Greece (up from 432nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Architect.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Callimachus ranks 211 out of 518. Before him are Lev Rudnev, James Hoban, Nefermaat, Charles Eames, Nicola Salvi, and Eero Aarnio. After him are Robert de Cotte, Alexey Shchusev, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Roberto Burle Marx, François Blondel, and Pierre Jeanneret.

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Among people born in 500 BC, Callimachus ranks 47. Before him are Inaros II, Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Cephisodotus the Elder. After him are Hermocrates, Antalcidas, Telesilla, Agoracritus, Corax of Syracuse, and Lamachus. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Callimachus ranks 12. Before him are Paeonius, Parrhasius, Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, and Diagoras of Rhodes. After him are Telesilla, Achaemenes, Sophron, Gylippus, Apollodorus, and Thrasybulus of Syracuse.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Callimachus ranks 429 out of 1,024. Before him are Dionysios Solomos (1798), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Anyte of Tegea (-290), Eupalinos (-600), and Manolis Glezos (1922). After him are Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Dexippus (210), Menedemus (-340), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Brennus (-301), and Constantine Kanaris (1793).

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Among Architects In Greece

Among architects born in Greece, Callimachus ranks 6. Before him are Ictinus (-500), Callicrates (-470), Mnesikles (-500), Dinocrates (-400), and Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375). After him are Anastasios Metaxas (1862).

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