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Hypereides

390 BC - 322 BC

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Hypereides or Hyperides (Ancient Greek: Ὑπερείδης, Hypereidēs; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with the stress variably on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable) was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC. He was a leader of the Athenian resistance to King Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hypereides has received more than 109,209 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Hypereides is the 3,781st most popular politician (up from 3,966th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Greece (up from 250th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Greek Politician.

Hypereides was a Greek orator and politician who was famous for his speeches against Philip II of Macedon.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hypereides ranks 3,781 out of 19,576. Before him are Vishvamitra, Kim Tu-bong, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Malcolm III of Scotland, Siraj ud-Daulah, and Antipater the Idumaean. After him are Rama II of Siam, Veljko Kadijević, Helenus, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Anastasia of Kiev, and Ayşe Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390 BC, Hypereides ranks 5. Before him are Lysippos, Shang Yang, Vyasa, and Lycurgus of Athens. After him are Hakor, Peucestas, Hieronymus of Cardia, Alexander V of Macedon, Tiberius Coruncanius, Manius Curius Dentatus, and Dinostratus. Among people deceased in 322 BC, Hypereides ranks 4. Before him are Diogenes, Demosthenes, and Heraclides Ponticus. After him are Leonnatus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hypereides ranks 246 out of 1,024. Before him are Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Theodore Stratelates (281), and Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956). After him are Memnon of Rhodes (-380), Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), Nabis (-300), Saturnin (300), Hipparchus (-600), and Antonia the Elder (-39).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Hypereides ranks 100. Before him are Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), and Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956). After him are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), Nabis (-300), Hipparchus (-600), Antonia the Elder (-39), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), and Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968).

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