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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 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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  • 41k

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  • 55.23

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isaeus ranks 1,975 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 402 out of 936Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 48Before 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).