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Hellanicus of Lesbos

490 BC - 405 BC

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Hellanicus (or Hellanikos) of Lesbos (Greek: Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Λέσβιος, Hellánikos ho Lésbios), also called Hellanicus of Mytilene (Greek: Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Hellánikos ho Mutilēnaîos; c. 490 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hellanicus of Lesbos is the 641st most popular writer (up from 1,784th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Greece (up from 377th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 641 out of 7,302. Before her are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aratus, A. J. Cronin, Allen Ginsberg, Hermann Broch, and Mikael Agricola. After her are Giambattista Basile, Tibor Sekelj, Anton Makarenko, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Laurence Sterne, and Nestor the Chronicler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490 BC, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 6. Before her are Empedocles, Phidias, Zeno of Elea, Nehemiah, and Archelaus I of Macedon. After her are Bacchylides, Agis II, Crateuas of Macedon, Ion of Chios, Nepherites I, and Oenopides. Among people deceased in 405 BC, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 166 out of 1,024. Before her are Pausanias (null), Cleon (-450), Lysander (-401), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Gülnuş Sultan (1642). After her are Spyridon Louis (1873), Epimenides (-690), Speusippus (-407), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Aeschines (-389), and Craterus (-370).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Hellanicus of Lesbos ranks 18. Before her are Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), and Nâzım Hikmet (1902). After her are Longus (110), Tyrtaeus (-700), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Jerry Falwell (1933), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), and Agathias (536).

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