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Rhianus

275 BC - 300 BC

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Rhianus (Greek: Ῥιανὸς ὁ Κρής) was a Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275–195 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rhianus is the 3,293rd most popular writer (up from 3,355th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from Greece (down from 582nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Rhianus ranks 3,293 out of 7,302. Before him are Lasus of Hermione, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Mihály Babits, Tiziano Terzani, Donna Tartt, and Shen Congwen. After him are E. Pauline Johnson, John Zerzan, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Richard Baxter, Booker T. Washington, and Borislav Pekić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 275 BC, Rhianus ranks 4. Before him are Hamilcar Barca, Gnaeus Naevius, and Demetrius II Aetolicus.  Among people deceased in 300 BC, Rhianus ranks 39. Before him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Hermippus of Smyrna, Lanassa, Olympias II of Epirus, Cleombrotus II, and Cineas. After him are Eudamidas III, Diocles of Carystus, Publius Valerius Laevinus, Cephisodotus the Younger, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, and Eudamidas I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Rhianus ranks 588 out of 1,024. Before him are Charilaos Trikoupis (1832), Louis Dumont (1911), Marinella (1938), Machanidas (-254), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), and Joseph Sifakis (1946). After him are Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), Eudamidas III (-300), Philinna (-400), Euphranor (-301), Theagenes of Megara (-700), and Pamphilus (-390).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Rhianus ranks 66. Before him are Crates (-350), Kostis Palamas (1859), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Phylarchus (-255), and Philostratus of Lemnos (200). After him are Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Lesches (-700), Vassilis Vassilikos (1933), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), and Vassilis Alexakis (1943).

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