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Dioscorides

ancient Greek poet
Person Human Q11917291

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[4]
Place of birth
Nikopol
Occupation
poet, epigrammatist
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek[7]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[10]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa[6]
Floruit
300 BC[5]
Name in native language
Διοσκουρίδης[8]
Writing language
Ancient Greek[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dioscorides of Alexandria en Dioscorides de Dioskorides de Dioskorides von Alexandria el Διοσκορίδης es Dioscórides fr Dioscoride it Dioscoride di Alessandria ru Диоскорид
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000050258174
VIAF cluster ID
78.8M (49.2M–5753162669460.7B, n=8)
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr2002023705
GND ID
102359199
Anthologia Graeca author ID
34
BIBSYS ID
95001404
BiblioNet author ID
77080
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00281849, cnp01986912
CIRIS author ID
733
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102359199
FAST ID
1815968
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12151773
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J9U entity ID
987007378921705171
Libris-URI
ljx02d944td7261
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX980711
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069916152
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
2231
Perseus author ID
519
RERO ID (legacy)
A012420148
SELIBR ID
223354
TLG author ID
0173

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Described by source 1
Pauly–Wissowa
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Occupation 1
poet
Place of birth 1
Nikopol
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
Ancient Greek
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Summary

Dioscorides was born in Nikopol[1]. He has worked as a poet[2] and epigrammatist[3].

FAQs

Where was Dioscorides born?

Dioscorides's place of birth was Nikopol[1].

What did Dioscorides do for work?

Dioscorides worked as a poet[2] and epigrammatist[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing language → Ancient Greek
    Sex or gender → male
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Ancient Greek
    VIAF cluster ID → 78715163, 79139114, 49201489 +5
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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