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Leonidas of Tarentum

320 BC - 260 BC

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Leonidas of Tarentum (; Doric Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ταραντῖνος) was an epigrammatist and lyric poet. He lived in Italy in the third century B.C. at Tarentum, on the coast of Apulia (Magna Graecia). Over a hundred of his epigrams are present in the Greek Anthology compiled in the 10th and 14th centuries. Most of his poems are dedicatory or sepulchral. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas of Tarentum is the 3,946th most popular writer (down from 3,915th in 2019), the 3,211th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,180th in 2019) and the 221st most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 3,946 out of 7,302. Before him are Johan Herman Wessel, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Gheorghe Asachi, Joe Haldeman, Israel Zangwill, and Viktor Yerofeyev. After him are Gabriel Chevallier, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Daniela Hodrová, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Gʻafur Gʻulom, and Labīd.

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Among people born in 320 BC, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 8. Before him are Timon of Phlius, Lycophron, Asclepiades of Samos, Meleager, Timocharis, and Colotes. After him is Craterus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 21. Before him are Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Publius Cornelius Cethegus, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Orontes III, and Appius Claudius Pulcher. After him are Lucius Aemilius Papus, Marcus Junius Pera, and Agathocles of Bactria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 3,212 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Ceresoli (1910), Federico Commandino (1509), Giancarlo Bergamini (1926), Adeodato Giovanni Piazza (1884), Mario Bertini (1944), and Paolo Sardi (1934). After him are Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (-200), Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Marcus Thuram (1997), Giottino (1324), Ugo Pignotti (1908), and Lorenzo Antonetti (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 221. Before him are Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714), Luigi Capuana (1839), Francesco de Sanctis (1817), Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), and Girolamo de Rada (1814). After him are Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Ugo Betti (1892), Luciano De Crescenzo (1928), Laura Cereta (1469), Nossis (null), and Vasco Pratolini (1913).

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