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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 79,046 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hecataeus of Abdera is the 736th most popular philosopher (down from 724th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 736 out of 1,081Before him are Zhang Zai, Henry of Ghent, Hermippus of Smyrna, Michel Marcel Navratil, Julius Pollux, and Albert of Saxony. After him are Arnold Ruge, Anniceris, John Cantius, Henry More, Paul de Lagarde, and Lucian Blaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 52Before him are Aeacides of Epirus, Gan De, Erinna, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Leontion, and Cleitarchus. After him are Anniceris, Bryaxis, Crates of Athens, Alexander of Pherae, Crantor, and Antimachus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 24Before him are Aristyllus, Xanthippus of Carthage, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Asclepiades of Samos, Cleitarchus, and Hermippus of Smyrna. After him are Publius Claudius Pulcher, Mithridates II of Pontus, Archidamus IV, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Cephisodotus the Younger, and Anyte of Tegea.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 432 out of 936Before him are Tommy Lee (1962), Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Mentor of Rhodes (-380), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dimitrios Loundras (1885), and Georgios Karaiskakis (1780). After him are Spyridon Samaras (1861), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Gylippus (-500), and Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Hecataeus of Abdera ranks 48Before him are Polemon (-400), Philo of Larissa (-145), Zoilus (-400), Aristo of Chios (-300), Hermarchus (-325), and Asclepigenia (400). After him are Onesicritus (-360), Glaucon (-445), Musaeus of Athens (-500), George of Trebizond (1395), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), and Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150).