The Most Famous
PUBLIC WORKERS from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greek Public Workers. The pantheon dataset contains 15 Public Workers, 2 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 2nd most number of Public Workers.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greek Public Workers of all time. This list of famous Greek Public Workers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Draco (-650 - -600)
With an HPI of 74.89, Draco is the most famous Greek Public Worker. His biography has been translated into 49 different languages on wikipedia.
Draco (; Ancient Greek: Δράκων, romanized: Drakōn, fl. c. 625 – c. 600 BC), also called Drako or Drakon, according to Athenian tradition, was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a written code to be enforced only by a court of law. His laws were supposed to have been very harsh, establishing the death penalty for most offenses. Tradition held that all of his laws were repealed by Solon, save for those on homicide. An inscription from 409/8 BC contains part of the current law and refers to it as "the law of Draco about homicide". Nothing is known about the specifics of other laws established by Draco. According to some scholars, Draco may have been a fictional figure, entirely or in part. Biographical information about him is almost entirely lacking; he was held to have established his legal code in the year 621/620 BC. Since the 19th century, the adjective draconian (Greek: δρακόντειος, drakónteios) refers to similarly unforgiving rules or laws in Greek, English, and other European languages.
2. Demetrius of Phalerum (-350 - -282)
With an HPI of 66.59, Demetrius of Phalerum is the 2nd most famous Greek Public Worker. His biography has been translated into 40 different languages.
Demetrius of Phalerum (also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus; Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Φαληρεύς; c. 350 – c. 280 BC) was an Athenian orator originally from Phalerum, an ancient port of Athens. A student of Theophrastus, and perhaps of Aristotle, he was one of the first members of the Peripatetic school of philosophy. Demetrius had been a distinguished statesman who was appointed by Cassander, the King of Macedon, to govern Athens, where Demetrius ruled as sole ruler for ten years. During this time, he introduced important reforms of the legal system, while also maintaining pro-Cassander oligarchic rule. Demetrius was exiled by his enemies in 307 BC. He first went to Thebes, and then, after 297 BC, went to the court of Alexandria. He wrote extensively on the subjects of history, rhetoric, and literary criticism. He is not to be confused with his grandson, also called Demetrius of Phaleron, who probably served as regent of Athens between 262 and 255, on behalf of the Macedonian King Antigonos Gonatas.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Greek public workers born between 650 BC and 350 BC. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Greek public workers include Draco, and Demetrius of Phalerum.
