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Lycophron

320 BC - 280 BC

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Lycophron ( LY-kə-fron; Ancient Greek: Λυκόφρων ὁ Χαλκιδεύς, romanized: Lukóphrōn ho Chalkidéus; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lycophron is the 1,629th most popular writer (down from 1,128th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Greece (down from 264th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Lycophron ranks 1,629 out of 7,302. Before him are Ludwig Börne, Jacques Amyot, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Robert Jordan, S. Ansky, and Rodulfus Glaber. After him are Wen Tianxiang, Ira Levin, Michael Moorcock, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Harlan Coben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320 BC, Lycophron ranks 3. Before him are Bindusara, and Timon of Phlius. After him are Asclepiades of Samos, Meleager, Timocharis, Colotes, Leonidas of Tarentum, and Craterus. Among people deceased in 280 BC, Lycophron ranks 3. Before him are Herophilos, and Chares of Lindos. After him is Ariarathes II of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lycophron ranks 358 out of 1,024. Before him are Callimachus (-600), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Zoilus (-400), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Perictione (-500), and Aspasia Manos (1896). After him are Glaucus of Corinth (null), Cebes (-500), Alexis Tsipras (1974), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Pleistoanax (-500), and Antenor (-590).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lycophron ranks 40. Before him are Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Phrynichus (-535), Cratinus (-500), Diagoras of Melos (-450), and Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423). After him are Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Erinna (-400), Ion of Chios (-490), Dionysios Solomos (1798), and Anyte of Tegea (-290).

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