PHILOSOPHER

Cercidas

300 BC - 300 BC

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Cercidas (Ancient Greek: Κερκιδᾶς Kerkidas; fl. 3rd century BC) was a poet, Cynic philosopher, and legislator for his native city Megalopolis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cercidas has received more than 29,523 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cercidas is the 1,034th most popular philosopher, the 648th most popular biography from Greece and the 63rd most popular Greek Philosopher.

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  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cercidas ranks 1,034 out of 1,267. Before him are Josiah Royce, August Böckh, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, Jaime Balmes, Sopater of Apamea, and Paul Deussen. After him are Alexander Men, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Mary Daly, Wilhelm Gesenius, Carl Dahlhaus, and Theodor Benfey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Cercidas ranks 77. Before him are Publius Claudius Pulcher, Quintus Mucius Scaevola, Ptolemy of Epirus, Ariarathes III of Cappadocia, Orontes IV, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus. After him are Lucius Aemilius Papus, Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, Manius Acilius Glabrio, Lucius Cornelius Merula, Gaius Cornelius Cethegus, and Aulus Atilius Serranus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Cercidas ranks 47. Before him are Sames I, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Dromichaetes, Eudamidas I, Deidamia II of Epirus, and Ptolemy of Epirus. After him are Lanassa, Aesara, Sotades, Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus, Manius Otacilius Crassus, and Bilistiche.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cercidas ranks 648 out of 1,024. Before him are Germanos III of Old Patras (1771), Anaxander (-650), Dimitrios Voulgaris (1803), Pantelis Karasevdas (1876), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), and Archon of Pella (-400). After him are Emmanouil Tsouderos (1882), Tzannis Tzannetakis (1928), Nikos Anastopoulos (1958), Andreas Miaoulis (1769), Matilde Serao (1856), and Phaenias of Eresus (-400).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Cercidas ranks 63. Before him are Arethas of Caesarea (860), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Cineas (-400), and Dimitri Kitsikis (1935). After him are Phaenias of Eresus (-400), Ion Dragoumis (1878), and Polemon of Athens (200).

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