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Epicharmus of Kos

524 BC - 435 BC

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Epicharmus of Kos or Epicharmus Comicus or Epicharmus Comicus Syracusanus (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ Κῷος), thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. 460 BC, was a Greek dramatist and philosopher who is often credited with being one of the first comedic writers, having originated the Doric or Sicilian comedic form. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Epicharmus of Kos is the 713th most popular writer (up from 757th in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from Italy (up from 924th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Italian Writer.

Epicharmus of Kos is most famous for his work The Comedies, which are a series of short, satirical plays. Epicharmus was a comic poet and a rival of Aristophanes.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 713 out of 7,302. Before him are Multatuli, Cassiodorus, Patrick White, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Clarice Lispector, and Odysseas Elytis. After him are William F. Buckley Jr., John Irving, Mihai Eminescu, Alejo Carpentier, Pierre Loti, and Kassia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 524 BC, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 2. Before him is Themistocles.  Among people deceased in 435 BC, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 1. After him is Zengzi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 879 out of 5,161. Before him are Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Giulia Farnese (1474), Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351), Phalaris (-700), and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782). After him are Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Paolo Borsellino (1940), and Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Epicharmus of Kos ranks 63. Before him are Carlo Gozzi (1720), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Vittoria Colonna (1490), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), and Cassiodorus (487). After him are Pietro Bembo (1470), Emilio Salgari (1862), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Theognis of Megara (-570), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), and Arrigo Boito (1842).

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