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PHILOSOPHER

Hippo

500 BC - 460 BC

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Hippo (; Greek: Ἵππων, Hippon; fl. 5th century BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is variously described as coming from Rhegium, Metapontum, Samos, and Croton, and it is possible that there was more than one philosopher with this name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippo has received more than 236,880 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hippo is the 639th most popular philosopher (up from 675th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hippo ranks 639 out of 1,081Before him are Gersonides, Franz Xaver von Baader, Gilbert Ryle, Cebes, Friedrich Albert Lange, and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai. After him are Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Gautama Maharishi, Johannes Bugenhagen, Peter the Iberian, Pierre Hadot, and Zalmoxis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Hippo ranks 48Before him are Theagenes of Thasos, Callicratidas, Corax of Syracuse, Agatharchus, Telesilla, and Cebes. After him are Cephisodotus the Elder, Calamis, Apollodorus, Antalcidas, Agoracritus, and Callimachus. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Hippo ranks 9Before him are Parrhasius, Paeonius, Pharnabazus II, Diagoras of Rhodes, Agatharchus, and Telesilla. After him are Calamis, Apollodorus, Callimachus, Gylippus, Achaemenes, and Thrasybulus of Syracuse.

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