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Philemon

362 BC - 262 BC

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Philemon (Ancient Greek: Φιλήμων; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC) was an Athenian poet and playwright of the New Comedy. He was born either at Soli in Cilicia or at Syracuse in Sicily but moved to Athens some time before 330 BC, when he is known to have been producing plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philemon is the 1,987th most popular writer (down from 1,805th in 2019), the 2,030th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,878th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philemon ranks 1,987 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Southey, Erinna, George Meredith, Augustin Barruel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and José Mauro de Vasconcelos. After her are Virginia Henderson, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Jovan Dučić, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Uhwudong, and Juan Donoso Cortés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 362 BC, Philemon ranks 4. Before her are Amyntas IV of Macedon, Eumenes, and Alexander I of Epirus. After her is Pythias. Among people deceased in 262 BC, Philemon ranks 2. Before her is Acrotatus II.

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    Acrotatus II

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 262 BC

    HPI: 64.07

    Rank: 1

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    Philemon

    WRITER

    362 BC - 262 BC

    HPI: 63.26

    Rank: 2

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Philemon ranks 2,030 out of 5,161. Before her are Senesino (1686), Antipope Sylvester IV (1100), Sidney Sonnino (1847), Ranuccio Farnese (1530), Domenico Tardini (1888), and Ennio Antonelli (1936). After her are Walter VI, Count of Brienne (1302), Ottone Visconti (1207), Bartolomeo Vivarini (1432), Daniele Comboni (1831), Saint Fabiola (400), and Vincenzo Catena (1470).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Philemon ranks 133. Before her are Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538), Tonino Guerra (1920), Luigi Illica (1857), Archestratus (-350), Laura Mancinelli (1933), and Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446). After her are Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478), Aloysius Bertrand (1807), Salvadore Cammarano (1801), Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), and Alexis (-372).

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