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PHILOSOPHER

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 122,970 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Cratylus is the 227th most popular philosopher (up from 236th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Greece (down from 125th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cratylus ranks 227 out of 1,081Before him are Paul Feyerabend, Giorgio Agamben, Milarepa, Bernard Bolzano, Bayazid Bastami, and Imre Lakatos. After him are Gaston Bachelard, Pelagius, Benjamin Constant, Michael Psellos, Al-Jahiz, and Josef Breuer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Cratylus ranks 11Before him are Artaxerxes I of Persia, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Cyrus the Younger, and Ictinus. After him are Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Pleistarchus, Zeuxis, Ajatashatru, and Nicias.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cratylus ranks 131 out of 936Before him are Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Ictinus (-500), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), and Ioannis Metaxas (1871). After him are Djemal Pasha (1872), Tyrtaeus (-700), Thespis (-600), Pope Eleutherius (171), Cleon (-450), and Costa-Gavras (1933).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Cratylus ranks 20Before him are Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), Melissus of Samos (-470), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), and Chilon of Sparta (-600). After him are Epimenides (-690), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Prodicus (-460), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), and Panaetius (-185).