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Philoxenus of Cythera

435 BC - 380 BC

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Philoxenus of Cythera (Greek: Φιλόξενος ὁ Κυθήριος; c. 435/4 – 380/79 BC) was a Greek dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "New Music". He was one of the most important dithyrambic poets of ancient Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philoxenus of Cythera is the 3,639th most popular writer (up from 3,667th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Greece (down from 615th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philoxenus of Cythera ranks 3,639 out of 7,302. Before him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Olga Bergholz, Marcin Kromer, William Goldman, Fritz Reuter, and Fernando de Herrera. After him are Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Joanna Chmielewska, Yuli Daniel, Michael Denis, and Charles Lock Eastlake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 435 BC, Philoxenus of Cythera ranks 3. Before him are Euclid of Megara, and Evagoras I.  Among people deceased in 380 BC, Philoxenus of Cythera ranks 6. Before him are Lysias, Prodicus, Hakor, Nepherites II, and Agesipolis I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Philoxenus of Cythera ranks 629 out of 1,024. Before him are Dora Bakoyannis (1954), Tilemachos Karakalos (1866), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Cephisodotus the Younger (-400), Megabates (-600), and Marsyas of Pella (-400). After him are Xenophon Zolotas (1904), Joachim IV of Constantinople (1837), Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904), Eudamidas II (-350), Teleclus (null), and Filippos Karvelas (1877).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Philoxenus of Cythera ranks 71. Before him are Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Rhianus (-275), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Lesches (-700), and Vassilis Vassilikos (1933). After him are Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Alberto Savinio (1891), Antiphanes (-388), Matilde Serao (1856), and Onomacritus (-530).

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