# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynceus-of-samos
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:17:24.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynceus-of-samos"
name: "Lynceus of Samos"
slug: "lynceus-of-samos"
description: "Lynceus of Samos, brother of the historian Duris of Samos, was a classical Greek author of comedies, letters and humorous anecdotes. He lived in the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC and was a pupil of Theophrastus. His works, especially his letters and the essay Shopping for Food, show a special interest in gastronomy. He was also the addressee of an important letter by Hippolochus on dining in Macedon. He would be practically unknown if it were not for numerous quotations from his works in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus."
tagline: "3rd-century BC Greek writer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-400"
deathDate: "-300"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.6
  momentum:             0.2380952380952381
  historical:           8.336429333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%98_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Линкеј Самоски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linceu_de_Samos"
    title: "Linceu de Samos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynceus_of_Samos"
    title: "Lynceus of Samos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linceo_de_Samos"
    title: "Linceo de Samos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynkeus_Samoslainen"
    title: "Lynkeus Samoslainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lync%C3%A9e_de_Samos"
    title: "Lyncée de Samos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linceo_di_Samo"
    title: "Linceo di Samo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynceus_Samius"
    title: "Lynceus Samius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Линкей Самосский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkej_sa_Samosa"
    title: "Linkej sa Samosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1215711"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump