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Diagoras of Melos

450 BC - 450 BC

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Diagoras of Melos (Greek: Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος) or Diagoras "the Atheist" was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century BC. Throughout antiquity, he was regarded as an atheist, but very little is known for certain about what he actually believed. Anecdotes about his life indicate that he spoke out against ancient Greek religion. He allegedly chopped up a wooden statue of Heracles and used it to roast his lentils and revealed the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diagoras of Melos has received more than 172,126 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Diagoras of Melos is the 1,519th most popular writer (down from 1,367th in 2019), the 340th most popular biography from Greece (down from 308th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Diagoras of Melos ranks 1,519 out of 7,302. Before him are Ion Luca Caragiale, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, J. G. Ballard, Semonides of Amorgos, Ahmed Shawqi, and Hugo Claus. After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Madame d'Aulnoy, Eduard Mörike, Vasil Bykaŭ, Camilla Läckberg, and Jean François Paul de Gondi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Diagoras of Melos ranks 12. Before him are Cleon, Nectanebo I, Pelopidas, Archidamus II, Amyrtaeus, and Theramenes. After him are Alcidamas, Artabanus of Persia, Ptolemy of Aloros, Amrapali, Anuruddha, and King An of Zhou. Among people deceased in 450 BC, Diagoras of Melos ranks 3. Before him are Cimon, and Alcmaeon of Croton. After him are Antiochus of Syracuse, and Pherecrates.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Diagoras of Melos ranks 340 out of 1,024. Before him are Demosthenes (-412), Ariston of Sparta (-550), Zoilus (-400), Antilochus (null), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), and Semonides of Amorgos (-650). After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Antenor (-590), Campaspe (-400), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Paeonius (-500), and Leotychidas (-540).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Diagoras of Melos ranks 38. Before him are Rigas Feraios (1757), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Cratinus (-500), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Phrynichus (-535), and Semonides of Amorgos (-650). After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Eupolis (-446), Posidippus (-310), Albert Cohen (1895), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), and Theophylact of Ohrid (1055).

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