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Erinna

400 BC - 400 BC

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Erinna (; Ancient Greek: Ἤριννα) was an ancient Greek poet. She is best known for her long poem The Distaff, a 300-line hexameter lament for her childhood friend Baucis, who had died shortly after her marriage. A large fragment of this poem was discovered in 1928 at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. Along with The Distaff, three epigrams ascribed to Erinna are known, preserved in the Greek Anthology. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erinna is the 1,982nd most popular writer (down from 1,901st in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Greece (down from 394th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Erinna ranks 1,982 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean Bruller, Watchman Nee, Mina Witkojc, Eiji Tsuburaya, Savitri Devi, and Robert Southey. After her are George Meredith, Augustin Barruel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Philemon, and Virginia Henderson.

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Among people born in 400 BC, Erinna ranks 44. Before her are Eurydice of Egypt, Acrotatus II, Campaspe, King Nan of Zhou, Nepherites II, and Gnaeus Flavius. After her are Diodorus Cronus, Cleitarchus, Philip of Opus, Sosthenes of Macedon, King Xian of Zhou, and Aeacides of Epirus. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Erinna ranks 18. Before her are Oxyartes, Crateuas of Macedon, Perictione, Gan De, Cebes, and Artakama. After her are Cephisodotus the Elder, Philip of Opus, Antalcidas, Pythias, Axiothea of Phlius, and Li Kui.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Erinna ranks 405 out of 1,024. Before her are Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Markos Botsaris (1790), Phaedon Gizikis (1917), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Pelops of Sparta (-210), and Ptolemy of Aloros (-450). After her are Eucleidas (-201), Agatharchus (-500), Peithon (-355), Ion of Chios (-490), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), and Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Erinna ranks 43. Before her are Cratinus (-500), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Lycophron (-320), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), and Theophylact of Ohrid (1055). After her are Ion of Chios (-490), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Anyte of Tegea (-290), Dexippus (210), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), and Albert Cohen (1895).

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