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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 173,883 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Chilon of Sparta is the 214th most popular philosopher (up from 228th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Greece (down from 119th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chilon of Sparta ranks 214 out of 1,081. Before him are Marsilius of Padua, Hasan al-Basri, Proclus, Diotima of Mantinea, Ibn Tufail, and Joseph de Maistre. After him are Bias of Priene, Slavoj Žižek, Benedetto Croce, Miguel de Unamuno, Isaiah Berlin, and Baltasar Gracián.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Chilon of Sparta ranks 18. Before him are Hippasus, Maya, Alexander I of Macedon, Yaśodharā, Polycrates, and Mardonius. After him are Bias of Priene, Lucius Junius Brutus, Hippias, Thespis, Theano, and Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. 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 126 out of 936. Before him are Pope Hyginus (100), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Mardonius (-600), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Phaedrus (-20), and Diotima of Mantinea (-450). After him are Ictinus (-500), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Cratylus (-500), and Djemal Pasha (1872).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Chilon of Sparta ranks 19. Before him are Antisthenes (-445), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), Melissus of Samos (-470), and Diotima of Mantinea (-450). After him are Cratylus (-500), Epimenides (-690), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Prodicus (-460), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), and Pherecydes of Syros (-580).

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