PHILOSOPHER

Cleanthes

330 BC - 232 BC

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Cleanthes (; Greek: Κλεάνθης; c. 330 BC – c. 230 BC), of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head (scholarch) of the Stoic school in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleanthes has received more than 215,508 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Cleanthes is the 235th most popular philosopher (up from 298th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 285th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Philosopher.

Cleanthes is most famous for his Hymn to Zeus, which is a poem that he wrote in praise of Zeus.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cleanthes ranks 235 out of 1,267. Before him are Arcesilaus, Carneades, Roger Garaudy, Prodicus, Xenocrates, and Judah Loew ben Bezalel. After him are Giorgio Agamben, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Chilon of Sparta, Apollodorus of Athens, Milarepa, and Ivan Illich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 330 BC, Cleanthes ranks 1. After him are Euhemerus, and Zenodotus. Among people deceased in 232 BC, Cleanthes ranks 3. Before him are Ashoka, and Han Fei.

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    Cleanthes

    PHILOSOPHER

    330 BC - 232 BC

    HPI: 66.74

    Rank: 1

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    Euhemerus

    HISTORIAN

    330 BC - 250 BC

    HPI: 66.23

    Rank: 2

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    Zenodotus

    WRITER

    330 BC - 260 BC

    HPI: 60.89

    Rank: 3

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Others Deceased in 232 BC

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    Ashoka

    POLITICIAN

    304 BC - 232 BC

    HPI: 81.57

    Rank: 1

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    Han Fei

    PHILOSOPHER

    280 BC - 232 BC

    HPI: 69.94

    Rank: 2

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    Cleanthes

    PHILOSOPHER

    330 BC - 232 BC

    HPI: 66.74

    Rank: 3

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cleanthes ranks 201 out of 1,347. Before him are Giorgos Seferis (1900), Cemal Gürsel (1895), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Arcesilaus (-315), Romanos II (938), and Xenocrates (-396). After him are Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Saint Timothy (17), Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Sultan Cem (1459), Theophanu (960), and Michael Psellos (1018).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye

Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Cleanthes ranks 18. Before him are Chrysippus (-281), Proclus (412), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Bias of Priene (-600), Arcesilaus (-315), and Xenocrates (-396). After him are Michael Psellos (1018), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), Priscus (410), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Gemistus Pletho (1355), and Thrasymachus (-459).

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