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Sotion

250 BC - 170 BC

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Sotion of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Σωτίων, gen.: Σωτίωνος; fl. c. 200 – 170 BC) was a Greek doxographer and biographer, and an important source for Diogenes Laërtius. None of his works survive; they are known only indirectly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sotion is the 4,626th most popular writer (down from 2,414th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 350th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among writers, Sotion ranks 4,626 out of 7,302. Before him are Kostas Karyotakis, Robert Bolt, Mary McCarthy, Johann David Wyss, Abdullah Goran, and Vittorio Messori. After him are Dan Andersson, Guillermo Arriaga, József Katona, Birgitta Trotzig, Dmytro Pavlychko, and E. Marlitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250 BC, Sotion ranks 26. Before him are Cleombrotus II, Sauromaces I of Iberia, Zeno of Tarsus, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, An Dương Vương, and Ptolemaeus of Commagene. After him are Arsames I, Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Bilistiche, Stratonice of Macedon, and Gaius Claudius Centho. Among people deceased in 170 BC, Sotion ranks 3. Before him are Nicander, and Hegesias of Magnesia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sotion ranks 490 out of 642. Before him are Pope Primus of Alexandria (100), Ad-Diba (1927), Pope Markianos of Alexandria (100), Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Al-Hakim II (null), and Pope Eumenes of Alexandria (100). After him are Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838), Georges Guétary (1915), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910), Pope Justus of Alexandria (100), and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Sotion ranks 50. Before him are Bat Ye'or (1933), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), Yusuf Idris (1927), Abbās al-Aqqād (1889), Penelope Delta (1874), and Andrée Chedid (1920). After him are Alifa Rifaat (1930), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Magdi Allam (1952), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), and Gamal El-Ghitani (1945).

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