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Theocritus

315 BC - 260 BC

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Theocritus (; Ancient Greek: Θεόκριτος, Theokritos; Sicilian: Tiòcritu, Teocritu; born c. 300 BC, died after 260 BC) was a Greek poet from Sicily, Magna Graecia, and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theocritus is the 374th most popular writer (up from 376th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 495th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Writer.

Theocritus is most famous for his "Idylls" which are pastoral poems that are written in the style of ancient Greek poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theocritus ranks 374 out of 7,302. Before him are Coen brothers, Ivar Aasen, Carlos Castaneda, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Mikhail Sholokhov, and Jean Genet. After him are Lorenzo Valla, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Salman Rushdie, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Margaret Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 315 BC, Theocritus ranks 1. After him are Arcesilaus, Aratus, and Leonidas II. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Theocritus ranks 1. After him are Hanno the Great, Sostratus of Cnidus, Menippus, Zenodotus, Timaeus, Gaius Claudius Nero, Euthydemus I, Hannibal Gisco, Laodice I, Timocharis, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus.

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    Theocritus

    WRITER

    315 BC - 260 BC

    HPI: 74.44

    Rank: 1

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    Arcesilaus

    PHILOSOPHER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 72.20

    Rank: 2

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    Aratus

    WRITER

    315 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 71.21

    Rank: 3

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    Leonidas II

    POLITICIAN

    315 BC - 235 BC

    HPI: 68.66

    Rank: 4

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Theocritus ranks 542 out of 5,161. Before him are Januarius (272), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Salvatore Riina (1930), Emilio Segrè (1905), and Pope Agapetus II (900). After him are Lorenzo Valla (1407), Giovanni Falcone (1939), Anna Magnani (1908), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Calpurnia (-77), and Francesco I Sforza (1401).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Theocritus ranks 30. Before him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Alberto Moravia (1907), Christine de Pizan (1365), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863). After him are Lorenzo Valla (1407), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Elena Ferrante (1943), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Livius Andronicus (-280), and Pietro Aretino (1492).

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