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Telesilla

500 BC - 460 BC

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Telesilla (Ancient Greek: Τελέσιλλα) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Argos, active in the fifth century BC. She is known for her supposed role in the defence of Argos in 494 BC, which is doubted by modern scholars. Only a few fragments of her poetry survive, several of which reference the gods Apollo and Artemis. The longest surviving fragment, only two lines, is quoted by the grammarian Hephaestion to illustrate the Telesillan metre, named after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Telesilla is the 2,222nd most popular writer (down from 2,012th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from Greece (down from 409th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Telesilla ranks 2,222 out of 7,302. Before her are Gaston Paris, Pierre Gamarra, John Skelton, Matthieu Ricard, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, and Oribasius. After her are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Sergei Dovlatov, Harlan Ellison, Jorge Manrique, Arkady Gaidar, and Rahel Varnhagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Telesilla ranks 50. Before her are Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, Cephisodotus the Elder, Callimachus, Hermocrates, and Antalcidas. After her are Agoracritus, Corax of Syracuse, Lamachus, Theagenes of Thasos, Sophron, and Li Kui. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Telesilla ranks 13. Before her are Parrhasius, Hippo, Agatharchus, Calamis, Diagoras of Rhodes, and Callimachus. After her are Achaemenes, Sophron, Gylippus, Apollodorus, Thrasybulus of Syracuse, and Ariobarzanes of Phrygia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Telesilla ranks 440 out of 1,024. Before her are Brennus (-301), Constantine Kanaris (1793), Albert Cohen (1895), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Antalcidas (-500), and Agesilaus I (null). After her are Neferkara I (-2780), Aristomenes (-700), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Glaucias of Taulantii (-335), Glaucon (-445), and Afet İnan (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Telesilla ranks 50. Before her are Ion of Chios (-490), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Anyte of Tegea (-290), Dexippus (210), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), and Albert Cohen (1895). After her are Posidippus (-310), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Eupolis (-446), Isaeus (-420), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), and Praxilla (-500).

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