PHILOSOPHER

Apollodorus of Athens

180 BC - 110 BC

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Apollodorus of Athens (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, Apollodoros ho Athenaios; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC), son of Asclepiades, was a Greek scholar, historian, and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, under whom he appears to have studied together with his contemporary Dionysius Thrax. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apollodorus of Athens has received more than 230,223 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Apollodorus of Athens is the 239th most popular philosopher (up from 241st in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Greece (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Greek Philosopher.

Apollodorus of Athens is most famous for his work Bibliotheca, which is a catalogue of all the Greek myths and legends.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 239 out of 1,267. Before him are Xenocrates, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Cleanthes, Giorgio Agamben, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and Chilon of Sparta. After him are Milarepa, Ivan Illich, Ernst Bloch, Orosius, Michael Psellos, and Theano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 180 BC, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 1. After him are Viriathus, Gaius Lucilius, Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina. Among people deceased in 110 BC, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 1. After him are Panaetius, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Clitomachus, and Sima Tan.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 130 out of 1,024. Before him are Critias (-460), Mardonius (-600), Callicrates (-470), Prodicus (-460), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), and Chilon of Sparta (-600). After him are Perseus of Macedon (-212), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Hippias (-600), Thespis (-600), and Antonia Minor (-36).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 21. Before him are Hippias (-443), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Melissus of Samos (-470), Cratylus (-500), Prodicus (-460), and Chilon of Sparta (-600). After him are Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Speusippus (-407), Panaetius (-185), Epimenides (-690), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), and Euclid of Megara (-435).

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