Molon labe

Molon labe - Greek phrase and motto, a classical expression of defiance, according to Plutarch addressed to the Persian King Xerxes by the Spartan King Leonidas before the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). Article “Molon labe” in Italian Wikipedia has 16.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Italian) language version.

Since the creation of article “Molon labe”, its content was written by 22 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 501 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 129 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #13972 in November 2019
• Global: #20832 in March 2007

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #12346 in October 2021
• Global: #7026 in January 2013

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Molon labe		37.3771
2	German (de) Molon labe		26.2282
3	Hebrew (he) מולון לאבה		23.1566
4	Greek (el) Μολών λαβέ		22.2381
5	Ukrainian (uk) Прийди і візьми		21.9978
6	Armenian (hy) Molon labe		21.1183
7	Russian (ru) Приди и возьми		20.5067
8	French (fr) Molon labe		20.2747
9	Czech (cs) Molón labe!		19.8058
10	Portuguese (pt) Molon labe		19.2061

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Molon labe" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Molon labe		7 172 901
2	German (de) Molon labe		464 203
3	Greek (el) Μολών λαβέ		445 324
4	Russian (ru) Приди и возьми		371 011
5	Spanish (es) Molon labe		281 713
6	Italian (it) Molon labe		268 037
7	Portuguese (pt) Molon labe		182 641
8	French (fr) Molon labe		102 247
9	Czech (cs) Molón labe!		60 836
10	Ukrainian (uk) Прийди і візьми		31 524

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Molon labe" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Molon labe		11 776
2	Italian (it) Molon labe		1 504
3	Russian (ru) Приди и возьми		1 353
4	Greek (el) Μολών λαβέ		1 060
5	German (de) Molon labe		1 027
6	Spanish (es) Molon labe		658
7	French (fr) Molon labe		459
8	Czech (cs) Molón labe!		249
9	Ukrainian (uk) Прийди і візьми		199
10	Portuguese (pt) Molon labe		180

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Molon labe" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Molon labe		279
2	German (de) Molon labe		44
3	Russian (ru) Приди и возьми		26
4	Greek (el) Μολών λαβέ		22
5	Italian (it) Molon labe		22
6	French (fr) Molon labe		19
7	Norwegian (no) Molon labe		19
8	Hebrew (he) מולון לאבה		10
9	Ukrainian (uk) Прийди і візьми		10
10	Catalan (ca) Molon labé		9

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Molon labe" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Molon labe		3
2	English (en) Molon labe		2
3	French (fr) Molon labe		1
4	Dutch (nl) Molon labe		1
5	Belarusian (be) Прыйдзі і вазьмі		0
6	Catalan (ca) Molon labé		0
7	Czech (cs) Molón labe!		0
8	Greek (el) Μολών λαβέ		0
9	Spanish (es) Molon labe		0
10	Persian (fa) مولون لابه		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Molon labe" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Molon labe		37
2	Russian (ru) Приди и возьми		27
3	German (de) Molon labe		9
4	French (fr) Molon labe		9
5	Ukrainian (uk) Прийди і візьми		8
6	Spanish (es) Molon labe		5
7	Catalan (ca) Molon labé		4
8	Czech (cs) Molón labe!		4
9	Hebrew (he) מולון לאבה		4
10	Italian (it) Molon labe		4

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#	Language	Value
be	Belarusian Прыйдзі і вазьмі
ca	Catalan Molon labé
cs	Czech Molón labe!
de	German Molon labe
el	Greek Μολών λαβέ
en	English Molon labe
es	Spanish Molon labe
fa	Persian مولون لابه
fr	French Molon labe
he	Hebrew מולון לאבה
hy	Armenian Molon labe
it	Italian Molon labe
nl	Dutch Molon labe
no	Norwegian Molon labe
pt	Portuguese Molon labe
ru	Russian Приди и возьми
tr	Turkish Molon labe
uk	Ukrainian Прийди і візьми

Best Rank

Italian: #12346 10.2021

Global: #7026 01.2013

Best Rank

Italian: #13972 11.2019

Global: #20832 03.2007

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