PHILOSOPHER

Hecataeus of Abdera

400 BC - 300 BC

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Hecataeus of Abdera or of Teos (Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης; c. 360 BC – c. 290 BC), was a Greek historian who flourished in the 4th century BC. Though none of his works survive, his writings are attested by later authors in various fragments, in particular his Aegyptica, a work on the society and culture of the Egyptians, and his On the Hyperboreans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hecataeus of Abdera has received more than 88,213 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hecataeus of Abdera is the 810th most popular philosopher (down from 736th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from Greece (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 810 out of 1,267. Before him are Volin, Calcidius, Rambhadracharya, Frederick Copleston, Eric Hoffer, and Herman of Carinthia. After him are Jakob Friedrich Fries, Konstantin Leontiev, Michael Baius, Jakob Lorber, Gautama Maharishi, and Liu Yuxi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 61. Before him are Publius Decius Mus, Ada of Caria, Philip of Opus, Deidamia I of Epirus, Lais of Hyccara, and Nicanor. After him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Khabash, Cleitarchus, Neoptolemus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Alexander of Pherae. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 24. Before him are Appius Claudius Caudex, Gnaeus Flavius, Metrocles, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Asclepiades of Samos, and Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla. After him are Olympias II of Epirus, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Cleitarchus, Lysandra, Hermippus of Smyrna, and Archidamus IV.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 480 out of 1,024. Before him are Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Apollodorus (-500), Praxilla (-500), Demaratus of Corinth (-700), Georgios Kondylis (1878), and Ieronymos II of Athens (1938). After him are Demophon of Athens (null), George Dalaras (1949), Porphyry of Gaza (347), Georgios Tsolakoglou (1886), Gylippus (-500), and George of Trebizond (1395).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 54. Before him are Asclepigenia (400), Hermarchus (-325), Metrocles (-400), Glaucon (-445), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), and Menedemus (-340). After him are George of Trebizond (1395), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), and Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350).

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