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Ephialtes of Trachis

550 BC - 480 BC

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Ephialtes (; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης, Ephialtēs; although Herodotus spelled it as Ἐπιάλτης, Epialtes) was the son of Eurydemus (Greek: Εὐρύδημος) of Malis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ephialtes of Trachis has received more than 1,510,432 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ephialtes of Trachis is the 1,709th most popular politician (down from 1,218th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 51st 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 1,709 out of 15,577. Before him are Gaykhatu, Emeric Thököly, Karl Renner, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Afonso III of Portugal. After him are Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Conrad I of Germany, Bernie Sanders, Yun Posun, Emperor Huizong of Song, and Catherine Jagiellon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 7. Before him are Darius the Great, Cambyses II, Zechariah, Hecataeus of Miletus, Aristides, and Haggai. After him are Atossa, Mahākāśyapa, Goujian, Labashi-Marduk, Kapila, and Ariston of Sparta. Among people deceased in 480 BC, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 2. Before him is Leonidas I. After him are 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 142 out of 936. Before him are Cleon (-450), Costa-Gavras (1933), Epimenides (-690), Parmenion (-400), Callicrates (-470), and Saint Giles (640). After him are Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Agesilaus II (-444), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), and Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 51. Before him are Alexander of Greece (1893), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), and Ioannis Metaxas (1871). After him are Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Agesilaus II (-444), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Pleistarchus (-500), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), and Antonia Minor (-36).

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