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Cratinus

500 BC - 422 BC

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Cratinus (Ancient Greek: Κρατῖνος; c. 519 BC – c. 422 BC) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cratinus is the 1,478th most popular writer (down from 1,287th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Greece (down from 297th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cratinus ranks 1,478 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean François Paul de Gondi, Paul Rée, Marie de Gournay, Léon Werth, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, and Claudio Magris. After him are Luís Fróis, Joseph Bédier, Anna de Noailles, James Tiptree Jr., Henrik Wergeland, and Joseph Addison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Cratinus ranks 35. Before him are Alcamenes, Parrhasius, Parysatis, Perdiccas II of Macedon, Cleombrotus I, and Marcus Manlius Capitolinus. After him are Psammuthes, Anytus, Perictione, Cebes, Pleistoanax, and Inaros II. Among people deceased in 422 BC, Cratinus ranks 3. Before him are Cleon, and Brasidas. After him is Ion of Chios.

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    Cleon

    EXTREMIST

    450 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 71.34

    Rank: 1

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    Brasidas

    POLITICIAN

    500 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 69.63

    Rank: 2

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    Cratinus

    WRITER

    500 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 65.36

    Rank: 3

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    Ion of Chios

    WRITER

    490 BC - 422 BC

    HPI: 63.12

    Rank: 4

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cratinus ranks 336 out of 1,024. Before him are Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), Andocides (-440), Phrynichus (-535), Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965), Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (null), and Aristides of Athens (150). After him are Gregory III of Constantinople (1450), Hypereides (-390), Paul of Aegina (625), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Terpander (-712), and Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Cratinus ranks 37. Before him are Jean Moréas (1856), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Rigas Feraios (1757), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), and Phrynichus (-535). After him are Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Lycophron (-320), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), and Erinna (-400).

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