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Stesichorus

630 BC - 555 BC

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Stesichorus (; Greek: Στησίχορος, Stēsichoros; c. 630 – 555 BC) was a Greek lyric poet native of Metauros (Gioia Tauro today). He is best known for telling epic stories in lyric metres, and for some ancient traditions about his life, such as his opposition to the tyrant Phalaris, and the blindness he is said to have incurred and cured by composing verses first insulting and then flattering to Helen of Troy. He was ranked among the nine lyric poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria, and yet his work attracted relatively little interest among ancient commentators, so that remarkably few fragments of his poetry now survive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stesichorus is the 838th most popular writer (up from 848th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from Italy (down from 987th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Italian Writer.

Stesichorus is most famous for his epic poem, "The Palinode," which is about the Trojan War.

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Among writers, Stesichorus ranks 838 out of 7,302. Before him are Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, L. Ron Hubbard, Miroslav Krleža, and Antonio Machado. After him are Jamal Khashoggi, William McMaster Murdoch, Luis Sepúlveda, Daniel Goleman, Ibycus, and Franz Grillparzer.

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Among people born in 630 BC, Stesichorus ranks 4. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar II, Sappho, and Jehoahaz of Judah. After him is Amytis of Media. Among people deceased in 555 BC, Stesichorus ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Stesichorus ranks 1,024 out of 5,161. Before him are Giacomo Balla (1871), Antipope Anacletus II (1090), Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773), Luigi Riva (1944), and Emma Morano (1899). After him are Italo Balbo (1896), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Ibycus (-600), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), and Charles Martel of Anjou (1271).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Stesichorus ranks 75. Before him are Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Cesare Pavese (1908), Gerard of Cremona (1114), and Elsa Morante (1912). After him are Ibycus (-600), Andrea Camilleri (1925), Gaius Lucilius (-180), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Marie Mancini (1639), and Italo Svevo (1861).

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