PHILOSOPHER

Epimenides

690 BC - 600 BC

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Epimenides of Knossos (or Epimenides of Crete) (; Greek: Ἐπιμενίδης) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, from Knossos or Phaistos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Epimenides has received more than 335,163 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Epimenides is the 271st most popular philosopher (down from 237th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Greece (down from 138th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Epimenides was a Cretan poet who is most famous for his paradoxical statement "All Cretans are liars."

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Epimenides ranks 271 out of 1,267. Before him are Jerome of Prague, Raymond Aron, Abraham ibn Ezra, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, and Panaetius. After him are Jacques Maritain, Heraclides Ponticus, Alcmaeon of Croton, Antonio Negri, Pherecydes of Syros, and Priscus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 690 BC, Epimenides ranks 2. Before him is Cyrus I.  Among people deceased in 600 BC, Epimenides ranks 10. Before him are Habakkuk, Belshazzar, Astyages, Maya, Theano, and Anacharsis. After him are Phalaris, Ibycus, Sushruta, Mimnermus, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, and Tanaquil.

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  • Photo of Cyrus I

    Cyrus I

    POLITICIAN

    690 BC - 580 BC

    HPI: 67.75

    Rank: 1

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    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 2

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Others Deceased in 600 BC

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  • Photo of Habakkuk

    Habakkuk

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    626 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.23

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.10

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.87

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.09

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Theano

    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.42

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.83

    Rank: 9

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    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 10

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    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.66

    Rank: 11

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    Ibycus

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 63.42

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Sushruta

    Sushruta

    PHYSICIAN

    620 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 62.57

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Mimnermus

    Mimnermus

    WRITER

    670 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 61.74

    Rank: 14

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    Cleisthenes of Sicyon

    POLITICIAN

    701 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 59.90

    Rank: 15

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    Tanaquil

    COMPANION

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 59.76

    Rank: 16

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Epimenides ranks 154 out of 1,024. Before him are Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Djemal Pasha (1872), Speusippus (-407), Agesilaus II (-444), Lysander (-401), and Panaetius (-185). After him are Pausanias (null), Desmond Doss (1919), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Euclid of Megara (-435), Cleobulus (-590), and Aeschines (-389).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Epimenides ranks 25. Before him are Prodicus (-460), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Speusippus (-407), and Panaetius (-185). After him are Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Euclid of Megara (-435), Cleobulus (-590), Crates of Thebes (-365), Aenesidemus (-80), and Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350).

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