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Lesches

700 BC - 660 BC

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Lesches (Ancient Greek: Λέσχης) is a semi-legendary early Greek poet and the reputed author of the Little Iliad. According to the usually accepted tradition, he was a native of Pyrrha in Lesbos, and flourished about 660 BC (others place him about 50 years earlier). Proclus refers to him as "Lesches of Mytilene". Mytilene and Lesbos are names of the same Greek island used interchangeably. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lesches is the 3,463rd most popular writer (up from 3,635th in 2019), the 605th most popular biography from Greece (up from 613th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lesches ranks 3,463 out of 7,302. Before him are Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Coelius Sedulius, Eysteinn Erlendsson, Dmitry Gulia, Tōson Shimazaki, and Olympia Fulvia Morata. After him are Viktor Rydberg, Jerzy Giedroyc, Bernard Maris, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Jojo Moyes, and Samad Behrangi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Lesches ranks 36. Before him are Aristomenes, Sadyattes, Leon of Sparta, Aeropus I of Macedon, Myson of Chenae, and Theagenes of Megara. After him are Amenirdis II, Aspelta, Arcesilaus II of Cyrene, Anlamani, and Senkamanisken. Among people deceased in 660 BC, Lesches ranks 5. Before him are Arion, Ashur-uballit II, Jeconiah, and Aristomenes.

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    Arion

    WRITER

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 75.03

    Rank: 1

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    Ashur-uballit II

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 73.86

    Rank: 2

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    Jeconiah

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 72.22

    Rank: 3

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    Aristomenes

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 62.47

    Rank: 4

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    Lesches

    WRITER

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 59.24

    Rank: 5

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lesches ranks 605 out of 1,024. Before him are Andronicus of Cyrrhus (-200), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Georgios Zoitakis (1910), Spyridon Trikoupis (1788), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), and Angelos Sikelianos (1884). After him are Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Diocles of Carystus (-400), Francesco Barozzi (1537), Doryssus (null), Ioannis Rallis (1878), and Ioannis Alevras (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lesches ranks 69. Before him are Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Phylarchus (-255), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Rhianus (-275), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), and Angelos Sikelianos (1884). After him are Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Alberto Savinio (1891), and Antiphanes (-388).

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