WRITER

Isaeus

420 BC - 340 BC

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Isaeus (Greek: Ἰσαῖος Isaios; fl. early 4th century BC) was one of the ten Attic orators according to the Alexandrian canon. He was a student of Isocrates in Athens, and later taught Demosthenes while working as a metic logographer (speechwriter) for others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaeus has received more than 43,776 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaeus is the 1,860th most popular writer (up from 1,969th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Greece (up from 402nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Greek Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Isaeus
1927
The Speeches of Isaeus
Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
1904
Discours
1922
Isaeus
Forensic orations, Inheritance and succession, Inheritance and succession (Greek law)
1927
Discours
1960
The speeches of Isaeus
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
1904

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isaeus ranks 1,860 out of 7,302. Before him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Anne Sexton, William Moulton Marston, Gurju Khatun, Zeki Müren, and Théodore de Banville. After him are Zbigniew Herbert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Benjamin Péret, Eva Schloss, Paul Goodman, and Ion Creangă.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 420 BC, Isaeus ranks 1. After him are Ateas, and Timarete. Among people deceased in 340 BC, Isaeus ranks 2. Before him is Arete of Cyrene. After him are Publius Decius Mus, and Mentor of Rhodes.

Others Born in 420 BC

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    Isaeus

    WRITER

    420 BC - 340 BC

    HPI: 56.73

    Rank: 1

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    Ateas

    POLITICIAN

    420 BC - 339 BC

    HPI: 55.15

    Rank: 2

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    Timarete

    PAINTER

    420 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 53.10

    Rank: 3

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Others Deceased in 340 BC

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 390 out of 1,024. Before him are Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913), Archidamus III (-350), Eupalinos (-600), Silanion (-400), Miltiades the Elder (-600), and Theopompus of Sparta (-800). After him are Aristyllus (-400), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Ion of Chios (-490), Erinna (-400), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), and Manos Hatzidakis (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 45. Before him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Eupolis (-446), Posidippus (-310), Albert Cohen (1895), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), and Theophylact of Ohrid (1055). After him are Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Ion of Chios (-490), Erinna (-400), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Telesilla (-500), and Vassilis Vassilikos (1933).

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