PHILOSOPHER

Chilon of Sparta

600 BC - 520 BC

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chilon of Sparta has received more than 191,869 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Chilon of Sparta is the 238th most popular philosopher (down from 214th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Greece (down from 126th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Chilon of Sparta is most famous for being the tutor of King Leonidas.

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  • 71.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chilon of Sparta ranks 238 out of 1,267. Before him are Prodicus, Xenocrates, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Cleanthes, Giorgio Agamben, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. After him are Apollodorus of Athens, Milarepa, Ivan Illich, Ernst Bloch, Orosius, and Michael Psellos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Chilon of Sparta ranks 21. Before him are Maya, Pheidippides, Bias of Priene, Mardonius, Lucius Junius Brutus, and Nahum. After him are Hippias, Thespis, Theano, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Cleomenes I, and Mahapajapati Gotami. Among people deceased in 520 BC, Chilon of Sparta ranks 1. After him are Pherecydes of Syros, Battus I of Cyrene, King Jing of Zhou, and King Dao of Zhou.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Chilon of Sparta ranks 129 out of 1,024. Before him are Oruç Reis (1473), Critias (-460), Mardonius (-600), Callicrates (-470), Prodicus (-460), and Ioannis Metaxas (1871). After him are Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Hippias (-600), and Thespis (-600).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Chilon of Sparta ranks 20. Before him are Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Melissus of Samos (-470), Cratylus (-500), and Prodicus (-460). After him are Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Speusippus (-407), Panaetius (-185), Epimenides (-690), and Pherecydes of Syros (-580).

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