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Cleitarchus

400 BC - 300 BC

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Cleitarchus or Clitarchus (Greek: Κλείταρχος, romanized: Kleitarchos) was one of the historians of Alexander the Great. Son of the historian Dinon of Colophon, he spent a considerable time at the court of Ptolemy Lagus. He was active in the mid to late 4th century BCE. Quintilian (Institutio Oratoria. x. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleitarchus is the 2,100th most popular writer (up from 2,577th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 797th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Cleitarchus ranks 2,100 out of 7,302. Before him are Armin T. Wegner, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Thomas Merton, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Mircea Cărtărescu. After him are Kâtip Çelebi, Alexis, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Edmond Hamilton, and Tin Ujević.

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Among people born in 400 BC, Cleitarchus ranks 46. Before him are Campaspe, King Nan of Zhou, Nepherites II, Gnaeus Flavius, Erinna, and Diodorus Cronus. After him are Philip of Opus, Sosthenes of Macedon, King Xian of Zhou, Aeacides of Epirus, Polykleitos the Younger, and Cynane. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Cleitarchus ranks 23. Before him are Mithridates II of Pontus, Appius Claudius Caudex, Gnaeus Flavius, Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla, Diodorus Cronus, and Publius Claudius Pulcher. After him are Anyte of Tegea, Asclepiades of Samos, Archidamus IV, Sames I, Hecataeus of Abdera, and Metrocles.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cleitarchus ranks 697 out of 1,347. Before him are Saint Mercurius (224), Eunomius of Cyzicus (335), Haluk Bilginer (1954), Ali Sami Yen (1886), Anthemius (400), and Fatma Sultan (1548). After him are Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Nicomedes III of Bithynia (-200), John Argyropoulos (1415), Akile Hatun (1607), Adnan Oktar (1956), and Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1839).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Cleitarchus ranks 59. Before him are Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Methodius of Olympus (260), Bion of Smyrna (-300), Pir Sultan Abdal (1480), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), and Michael Choniates (1140). After him are Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Adnan Oktar (1956), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Oribasius (325), Quadratus of Athens (100), and Paul the Silentiary (520).

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