Dioscorides

ancient Greek poet
Person human Q11917291
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Dioscorides

Summary

Dioscorides is a human[1]. He was born in Nikopol[2]. He worked as a poet[3] and epigrammatist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Dioscorides was born in Nikopol[2].
  • Dioscorides worked as a poet[3].
  • Dioscorides's professions included epigrammatist[4].
  • Dioscorides is recorded as male[6].
  • Dioscorides's instance of is recorded as human[7].
  • Dioscorides's ISNI is recorded as 0000000050258174[8].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 78715163[9].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 79139114[10].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 49201489[11].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1126145857149822922934[12].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5608160668300303560008[13].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 780159234408403371540[14].
  • Dioscorides's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5753162669460655500006[15].
  • Dioscorides's GND ID is recorded as 102359199[16].
  • Dioscorides's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2002023705[17].
  • Dioscorides's SELIBR ID is recorded as 223354[18].
  • Dioscorides's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX980711[19].
  • Dioscorides's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 069916152[20].
  • Dioscorides's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 95001404[21].
  • Dioscorides's floruit is recorded as -0300-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Dioscorides's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
  • Dioscorides's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Ancient Greek[24].
  • Dioscorides's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Διοσκουρίδης'}[25].
  • Dioscorides's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00281849[26].
  • Dioscorides's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp01986912[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Dioscorides was born in Nikopol[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include poet[3] and epigrammatist[4].

Why It Matters

Dioscorides ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Dioscorides born?

Born in Nikopol[2], Dioscorides…

What did Dioscorides do for work?

Dioscorides worked as poet[3] and epigrammatist[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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