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Hierocles of Alexandria

410 - 500

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Hierocles of Alexandria (Greek: Ἱεροκλῆς ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Greek Neoplatonist writer who was active around AD 430. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hierocles of Alexandria is the 1,442nd most popular writer (up from 1,886th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Greece (up from 392nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 1,442 out of 7,302. Before him are Gunnar Gunnarsson, Tarjei Vesaas, James Anderson, Marcel Aymé, Jeppe Aakjær, and Kenji Miyazawa. After him are Guillaume de Lorris, Francesco Maria Piave, Du Mu, Christine Nöstlinger, Javier Marías, and Alice Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 410, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gelasius I, Priscus, Movses Khorenatsi, Hayk, and Severinus of Noricum. After him is Elishe. Among people deceased in 500, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 6. Before him are Buddhaghosa, Nonnus, Zu Chongzhi, Vātsyāyana, and Chandragupta II. After him are Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Aedesia, Anthemius, Charaton, and Asclepigenia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 324 out of 1,024. Before him are Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Anaxarchus (-380), Lais of Corinth (-400), Polemon (-400), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), and Agnes Baltsa (1944). After him are Cynisca (-430), Crates of Athens (-400), Agis III (-350), Pheidon (-700), Cleombrotus I (-500), and Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Hierocles of Alexandria ranks 35. Before him are Agathon (-448), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Jean Moréas (1856), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Rigas Feraios (1757), and Semonides of Amorgos (-650). After him are Phrynichus (-535), Cratinus (-500), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Lycophron (-320), and Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062).

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