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Onomacritus

5th-century BC Athenian compiler of oracles · Writers · Lived 530 BC to 480 BC · aged 50

Onomacritus, also spelled Onomacritos and Onomakritos, was a Greek chresmologue, or compiler of oracles, who lived at the court of the tyrant Pisistratus in Athens and prepared an edition of the Homeric poems. He was a collector and forger of oracles and poems.

Onomacritus is read about 13 times a day, in 18 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.

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About this person

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 530 BC to 480 BC · aged 50