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Theognis of Megara

570 BC - 485 BC

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Theognis of Megara (Ancient Greek: Θέογνις ὁ Μεγαρεύς, Théognis ho Megareús) was a Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC. The work attributed to him consists of gnomic poetry quite typical of the time, featuring ethical maxims and practical advice about life. He was the first Greek poet known to express concern over the eventual fate and survival of his own work and, along with Homer, Hesiod and the authors of the Homeric Hymns, he is among the earliest poets whose work has been preserved in a continuous manuscript tradition (the work of other archaic poets is preserved as scattered fragments). In fact more than half of the extant elegiac poetry of Greece before the Alexandrian period is included in the approximately 1,400 lines of verse attributed to him, though several poems traditionally attributed to him were composed by others, e.g. Solon and Euenus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theognis of Megara is the 758th most popular writer (down from 743rd in 2019), the 939th most popular biography from Italy (down from 913th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Italian Writer.

Theognis of Megara is most famous for his elegies, which are poems about the trials and tribulations of love.

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Among writers, Theognis of Megara ranks 758 out of 7,302. Before him are Berossus, Edmond de Goncourt, Natalia Ginzburg, Hugo Ball, Cao Xueqin, and Ibn Hawqal. After him are Dio Chrysostom, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Arto Paasilinna, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Harry Mulisch, and V. S. Naipaul.

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Among people born in 570 BC, Theognis of Megara ranks 4. Before him are Pythagoras, Xenophanes, and Anacreon. After him is Hystaspes. Among people deceased in 485 BC, Theognis of Megara ranks 2. Before him is Anacreon. After him is Spurius Cassius Viscellinus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Theognis of Megara ranks 939 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), Matteo Zuppi (1955), Gianna Nannini (1954), and Salvator Rosa (1615). After him are Errico Malatesta (1853), Michelozzo (1396), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), and Francesco Primaticcio (1504).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Theognis of Megara ranks 67. Before him are Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Pietro Bembo (1470), Emilio Salgari (1862), and Natalia Ginzburg (1916). After him are Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Cesare Pavese (1908), and Gerard of Cremona (1114).

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