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Cratylus

500 BC - Today

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Cratylus ( KRAT-il-əs; Ancient Greek: Κρατύλος, Kratylos) was an ancient Athenian philosopher from the mid-late 5th century BC, known mostly through his portrayal in Plato's dialogue Cratylus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cratylus has received more than 133,878 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Cratylus is the 221st most popular philosopher (up from 227th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Greece (up from 131st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Cratylus is most famous for being Plato's most famous dialogue about the nature of language.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cratylus ranks 221 out of 1,267. Before him are Diogenes of Apollonia, Miguel de Unamuno, Imre Lakatos, George Herbert Mead, Julius Evola, and Josef Breuer. After him are Bayazid Bastami, Nikolai Berdyaev, Marsilius of Padua, Paul Feyerabend, Vyasa, and Benjamin Constant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Cratylus ranks 10. Before him are Artaxerxes I of Persia, Xanthippe, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, and Ictinus. After him are Cyrus the Younger, Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Nicias, Sogdianus of Persia, and Pleistarchus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cratylus ranks 120 out of 1,024. Before him are Ictinus (-500), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Lysias (-445), Phryne (-371), and John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192). After him are Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Parmenion (-400), Oruç Reis (1473), Critias (-460), Mardonius (-600), and Callicrates (-470).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Cratylus ranks 18. Before him are Pyrrho (-365), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), and Melissus of Samos (-470). After him are Prodicus (-460), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Speusippus (-407), and Panaetius (-185).

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