POLITICIAN

Cylon of Athens

700 BC - 700 BC

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Cylon (also Kylon; Ancient Greek: Κύλων) was an Athenian of the archaic period in Ancient Greece, primarily known for the events of the Cylonian Affair, an attempted seizure of power in the city. Cylon, one of the Athenian nobles and a previous victor of the Olympic Games in 640 B.C., attempted a coup in either 636 B.C. or 632 B.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cylon of Athens has received more than 182,392 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Cylon of Athens is the 4,430th most popular politician (down from 3,101st in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Greece (down from 212th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Greek Politician.

Cylon of Athens is most famous for being the ruler of Athens and being the father of Theseus.

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  • 60.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cylon of Athens ranks 4,430 out of 19,576. Before him are Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Mōri Motonari, Margot Honecker, Takelot II, Euphronios, and Æthelberht, King of Wessex. After him are Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Dion of Syracuse, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Ewelina Hańska, and Louis, Prince of Condé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Cylon of Athens ranks 15. Before him are Anacharsis, Phalaris, Necho I, Periander, Psamtik II, and Phraortes. After him are Perdiccas I of Macedon, Tanaquil, Harpagus, Sin-shumu-lishir, Ashur-etil-ilani, and Cypselus. Among people deceased in 700 BC, Cylon of Athens ranks 8. Before him are Hesiod, Achaemenes, Nahum, Tyrtaeus, Gyges of Lydia, and Jehoahaz of Judah. After him are Perdiccas I of Macedon, Callinus, Shebitku, Ariaramnes, Tyrimmas of Macedon, and Theopompus of Sparta.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cylon of Athens ranks 275 out of 1,024. Before him are Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), Agis II (-490), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Cyril Lucaris (1572), and Euphronios (-520). After him are Theaetetus (-417), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Callias II (-515), Phocion (-402), Arsinoe I (-305), and Antiochus X Eusebes (-200).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cylon of Athens ranks 115. Before him are Cynisca (-430), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), Agis II (-490), Alexandros Papagos (1883), and Euphronios (-520). After him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Callias II (-515), Phocion (-402), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), and Lais of Corinth (-400).

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