420 BC - 340 BC
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 40,962 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaeus is the 1,975th most popular writer (down from 215th in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 407th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Greek Writer.
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Among writers, Isaeus ranks 1,975 out of 5,755. Before him are Musa Cälil, Daqiqi, Noor Inayat Khan, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Philippe Sollers, and Israel Joshua Singer. After him are Arkady Gaidar, Ivan Mažuranić, Carl Sandburg, William Auld, Isaac the Blind, and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
1906 - 1944
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 1,969
1000 - 977
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 1,970
1914 - 1944
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,971
1920 - 2013
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,972
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,973
1893 - 1944
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,974
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,975
1904 - 1941
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,976
1814 - 1890
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,977
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,978
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,979
1160 - 1235
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,980
1833 - 1891
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,981
Among people born in 420 BC, Isaeus ranks 1. After him is Ateas. Among people deceased in 340 BC, Isaeus ranks 2. Before him is Arete of Cyrene. After him are Mentor of Rhodes and Publius Decius Mus.
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 2
380 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 3
350 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 4
Among people born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 402 out of 936. Before him are Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Markos Botsaris (1790), Aristyllus (-400), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Kresilas (-480), and Dorieus (-600). After him are Costas Simitis (1936), Manolis Glezos (1922), Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), Agoracritus (-500), Lais of Corinth (-400), and Polykleitos the Younger (-400).
1903 - 2002
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 396
1790 - 1823
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 397
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 398
1842 - 1901
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 399
480 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 400
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 401
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 402
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 403
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 404
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 405
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 406
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 407
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 408
Among writers born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 48. Before him are Acusilaus (-600), Dexippus (210), Eupolis (-446), Ion of Chios (-490), Telesilla (-500), and Albert Cohen (1895). After him are Phylarchus (-255), Erinna (-400), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), and Theodorus Gaza (1398).
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 42
210 - 278
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 43
446 BC - 411 BC
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 44
490 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 45
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 46
1895 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 47
420 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 48
255 BC - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 49
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 50
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 51
250 - 303
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 52
290 BC - 197 BC
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 53
1398 - 1475
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 54