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Cylon of Athens

700 BC - 700 BC

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Cylon, (Greek: Κύλων Kylon) sometimes referred to as Kylon, 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.E., attempted a coup in either 636 B.C.E. or 632 B.C.E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cylon of Athens has received more than 164,388 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Cylon of Athens is the 3,110th most popular politician (up from 3,268th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Greece (up from 224th in 2019) and the 83rd 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cylon of Athens ranks 3,110 out of 15,577Before him are Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Ieng Sary, Eleanor of Toledo, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Algirdas Brazauskas, and Tiberius III. After him are Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Mauno Koivisto, Argishti I of Urartu, Hystaspes, Eugenius, and Altan Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Cylon of Athens ranks 14Before him are Amasis II, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Periander, Psamtik II, and Necho I. After him are Perdiccas I of Macedon, Phraortes, Harpagus, Cypselus, Sinsharishkun, and Philip I of Macedon. Among people deceased in 700 BC, Cylon of Athens ranks 7Before him are Hesiod, Isaiah, Gyges of Lydia, Tyrtaeus, Achaemenes, and Jehoahaz of Judah. After him are Perdiccas I of Macedon, Ariaramnes, Callinus, Shebitku, Theopompus of Sparta, and Argaeus I of Macedon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cylon of Athens ranks 212 out of 936Before him are Thrasybulus (-440), Agis IV (-265), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Pelopidas (-450), Bacchylides (-490), and Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869). After him are Demaratus (-600), Philostratus (170), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Archelaus (-500), Agathon (-448), and Alexander I of Epirus (-362).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cylon of Athens ranks 83Before him are Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Andreas Papandreou (1919), Philopoemen (-253), Agis IV (-265), Pelopidas (-450), and Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869). After him are Demaratus (-600), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Thessalonike of Macedon (-352), Antiphon (-480), and Herodes Atticus (101).