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Phaedrus

20 BC - 50

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Gaius Julius Phaedrus (; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος; Phaîdros), or Phaeder (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Nothing is recorded of his life except for what can be inferred from his poems, and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phaedrus is the 491st most popular writer (down from 430th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Greece (down from 113th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Phaedrus ranks 491 out of 7,302. Before him are René Guénon, Romain Gary, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Ivan Bunin, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and Louise Glück. After him are Alfred Döblin, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Arnold Bennett, Lysias, Traudl Junge, and Marie-Antoine Carême.

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Among people born in 20 BC, Phaedrus ranks 4. Before him are John the Baptist, James, brother of Jesus, and Herod Antipas. After him are Gaius Caesar, and Sejanus. Among people deceased in 50, Phaedrus ranks 2. Before him is Aulus Cornelius Celsus. After him are Abgar V, Thaddeus of Edessa, Marcus Manilius, and Papirius Fabianus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phaedrus ranks 125 out of 1,024. Before him are Critias (-460), Phryne (-371), Philomena (291), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), and Scopas (-395). After him are Lysias (-445), Ictinus (-500), Necho II (-625), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Nestor (null).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Phaedrus ranks 15. Before him are Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), and Demetrius Vikelas (1835). After him are Lysias (-445), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Longus (110), Tyrtaeus (-700), and Odysseas Elytis (1911).

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