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Simonides of Ceos

556 BC - 468 BC

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Simonides of Ceos (; Ancient Greek: Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria included him in the canonical list of the nine lyric poets esteemed by them as worthy of critical study. Included on this list were Bacchylides, his nephew, and Pindar, reputedly a bitter rival, both of whom benefited from his innovative approach to lyric poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simonides of Ceos is the 349th most popular writer (up from 357th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 96th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Greek Writer.

Simonides of Ceos is most famous for his poem on the battle of Thermopylae.

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Among writers, Simonides of Ceos ranks 349 out of 7,302. Before him are Archilochus, Mikhail Lermontov, J. D. Vance, Amos Oz, Eyvind Johnson, and Paul Valéry. After him are Marguerite Duras, Peter Drucker, Roald Dahl, Luqman, Giorgos Seferis, and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

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Among people born in 556 BC, Simonides of Ceos ranks 1. After him is Zuo Qiuming. Among people deceased in 468 BC, Simonides of Ceos ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Simonides of Ceos ranks 93 out of 1,024. Before him are Irene Papas (1929), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Mardonius (-600), Hippias (-443), Arion (-700), and Archilochus (-680). After him are Hephaestion (-356), Philip III of Macedon (-359), Alexander of Greece (1893), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Lysimachus (-361), and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Simonides of Ceos ranks 13. Before him are Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Arion (-700), and Archilochus (-680). After him are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), and Longus (110).

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