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Semonides of Amorgos

650 BC - 550 BC

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Semonides of Amorgos (; Ancient Greek: Σημωνίδης ὁ Ἀμοργῖνος, variantly Σιμωνίδης; fl. 7th century BC) was a Greek iambic and elegiac poet who is believed to have lived during the seventh century BC. Fragments of his poetry survive as quotations in other ancient authors, the most extensive and well known of which is a satiric account of different types of women which is often cited in discussions of misogyny in Archaic Greece. The poem takes the form of a catalogue, with each type of woman represented by an animal whose characteristics—in the poet's scheme—are also characteristic of a large body of the female population. Other fragments belong to the registers of gnomic poetry and wisdom literature in which the Hesiodic Works and Days and the Theognidea are classed, and reflect a similarly pessimistic view of the human experience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Semonides of Amorgos is the 1,394th most popular writer (up from 1,515th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Greece (up from 339th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Semonides of Amorgos ranks 1,394 out of 7,302. Before him are Erskine Caldwell, Clive Cussler, Béla Balázs, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Adamantios Korais, and Wace. After him are Wilhelm Weitling, P. D. James, E. L. James, Mavro Orbini, Bulat Okudzhava, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

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Among people born in 650 BC, Semonides of Amorgos ranks 6. Before him are Jeremiah, Draco, Pittacus of Mytilene, Shamash-shum-ukin, and Apries. After him are Ariaramnes, Duke Mu of Qin, Madius, Kandalanu, Argaeus I of Macedon, and Nitocris I. Among people deceased in 550 BC, Semonides of Amorgos ranks 3. Before him are Zedekiah, and Milo of Croton. After him is Nitocris of Babylon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Semonides of Amorgos ranks 318 out of 1,024. Before him are Joseph II of Constantinople (1360), Ageladas (-600), Cleisthenes of Sicyon (-701), Aristyllus (-400), Cylon of Athens (-700), and Yanni (1954). After him are Anaxarchus (-380), Lais of Corinth (-400), Polemon (-400), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), Agnes Baltsa (1944), and Hierocles of Alexandria (410).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Semonides of Amorgos ranks 34. Before him are Philostratus (170), Agathon (-448), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Jean Moréas (1856), Ugo Foscolo (1778), and Rigas Feraios (1757). After him are Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Phrynichus (-535), Cratinus (-500), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), and Lycophron (-320).

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