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Ephialtes of Trachis

550 BC - 480 BC

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Ephialtes (; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης Ephialtēs) was a Greek renegade during the Greco-Persian Wars. Born to Eurydemus (Εὐρύδημος) of Malis, he betrayed his homeland and people to the Achaemenid Empire by revealing the existence of a path around the Greek coalition's position at Thermopylae. His efforts allowed the Persian army to overrun the Greeks' defensive formation and thereby win the Battle of Thermopylae in September 480 BCE. Ephialtes had hoped that he would be rewarded by the Persian king Xerxes I, but no such reward was bestowed upon him and he was instead forced to go into hiding when a bounty was placed on his head by the allied Greeks in their pursuit of punishing his act of treason. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ephialtes of Trachis has received more than 1,632,824 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ephialtes of Trachis is the 1,939th most popular politician (down from 1,703rd in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Greece (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Greek Politician.

Ephialtes of Trachis is most famous for betraying the Greeks to the Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 1,939 out of 19,576. Before him are Álmos, Edgar the Peaceful, Psamtik III, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Jan Masaryk, and Injong of Joseon. After him are Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, and Tekuder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 7. Before him are Darius the Great, Cambyses II, Hecataeus of Miletus, Zechariah, Aristides, and Haggai. After him are Mahākāśyapa, Atossa, Kapila, Goujian, Labashi-Marduk, and Fuchai. Among people deceased in 480 BC, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 2. Before him is Leonidas I. After him are Mahapajapati Gotami, Cleombrotus, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Onomacritus, and Hamilcar I of Carthage.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 146 out of 1,024. Before him are Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), Costa-Gavras (1933), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), and Georgios Papadopoulos (1919). After him are Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Djemal Pasha (1872), Speusippus (-407), Agesilaus II (-444), and Lysander (-401).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 52. Before him are Perseus of Macedon (-212), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Hippias (-600), Antonia Minor (-36), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), and Georgios Papadopoulos (1919). After him are Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Agesilaus II (-444), Aeschines (-389), Nicias (-500), and Antigonus II Gonatas (-319).

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