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Philaenis

250 BC - 300 BC

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Philaenis of Samos was supposedly the author of a famous ancient sex manual. According to a surviving fragment of a treatise which claims to have been written by her, she was from Samos, and her father was called Ocymenes. However, many modern scholars consider "Philaenis" a fictional character whose persona may have been adopted by a variety of erotic writers. Two satirical Greek epigrams from the Palatine Anthology by the poets Aeschrion of Samos and Dioscorides purport to defend Philaenis's reputation by insisting that she did not write the treatise attributed to her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philaenis is the 5,908th most popular writer (down from 5,514th in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from Greece (down from 788th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Philaenis ranks 5,908 out of 7,302. Before her are Winston Churchill, Patrick Rambaud, Daniel Kehlmann, Domiziana Giordano, Thomas Brezina, and Bhisham Sahni. After her are Jacqueline Wilson, John Connolly, Alfred Capus, Susan Glaspell, Michael Scott, and Fatima Meer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250 BC, Philaenis ranks 33. Before her are Arsames I, Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Bilistiche, Stratonice of Macedon, and Gaius Claudius Centho.  Among people deceased in 300 BC, Philaenis ranks 61. Before her are Laodice II, Cercidas, Stratonice of Macedon, Ptolemy of Epirus, Craterus, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philaenis ranks 826 out of 1,024. Before her are Thanasis Antetokounmpo (1992), Benizelos Roufos (1795), Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Giorgos Koudas (1946), Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895), and Charilaos Vasilakos (1877). After her are Dimitris Avramopoulos (1953), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), Thomas Mavros (1954), Demophilus of Constantinople (null), Robert Kagan (1958), and Kostas Chalkias (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Philaenis ranks 93. Before her are Kalliroi Parren (1861), Alki Zei (1925), John Kaminiates (900), Lucius Shepard (1943), Stratis Myrivilis (1890), and Maria Polydouri (1902). After her are Dimitris Lyacos (1966).

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