PHILOSOPHER

Cineas

400 BC - 300 BC

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Cineas (Greek: Κινέας) was a man from Thessaly and an important adviser of King Pyrrhus. He had a reputation for great wisdom and was a pupil of Demosthenes the orator and was the only man who could be compared in skill with Demosthenes. Pyrrhus held him in high regard. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cineas has received more than 42,264 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Cineas is the 952nd most popular philosopher (down from 903rd in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Greece (down from 548th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Greek Philosopher.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cineas ranks 952 out of 1,267. Before him are Rüdiger Safranski, Firmin Abauzit, Fernando Savater, Lacydes of Cyrene, Evald Ilyenkov, and Tomáš Halík. After him are Ajita Kesakambali, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Zeno of Tarsus, Michel Onfray, Lysander Spooner, and Leontion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Cineas ranks 97. Before him are Phila, Chremonides, Kidinnu, Erigyius, Amastrine, and Orestes of Macedon. After him are Orontes II, Leontion, Lagus, Diocles of Carystus, Agathocles, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Cineas ranks 38. Before him are Cephisodotus the Younger, Anyte of Tegea, Eudamidas III, Cleombrotus II, Publius Claudius Pulcher, and Publius Valerius Laevinus. After him are Rhianus, Diocles of Carystus, Sames I, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Dromichaetes, and Eudamidas I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cineas ranks 576 out of 1,024. Before him are Eugenios Voulgaris (1716), Nikos Beloyannis (1915), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Wehib Pasha (1877), Yanis Varoufakis (1961), and Petrobey Mavromichalis (1765). After him are Antonios Nikopolidis (1971), Ioannis Alevras (1912), Argaeus II of Macedon (-500), Philothei of Athens (1522), Konstantinos Demertzis (1876), and Rhianus (-275).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Cineas ranks 61. Before him are George of Trebizond (1395), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), and Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350). After him are Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Cercidas (-300), Phaenias of Eresus (-400), Ion Dragoumis (1878), and Polemon of Athens (200).

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