WRITER

Lysias

445 BC - 380 BC

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Lysias (; Greek: Λυσίας; c. 445 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lysias has received more than 205,181 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Lysias is the 440th most popular writer (down from 400th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Greece (down from 111th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Greek Writer.

Lysias is most famous for his speech "On the Murder of Eratosthenes." This speech is a defense of Eratosthenes, who was accused of murdering his wife.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lysias ranks 440 out of 7,302. Before him are Al-Maʿarri, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kurt Vonnegut, Louis Aragon, André Maurois, and Meera. After him are Giacomo Leopardi, Auguste Escoffier, Propertius, Rudaki, Fausto Cercignani, and Comte de Lautréamont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 445 BC, Lysias ranks 2. Before him is Antisthenes. After him are Tissaphernes, and Glaucon. Among people deceased in 380 BC, Lysias ranks 1. After him are Prodicus, Hakor, Nepherites II, Agesipolis I, and Philoxenus of Cythera.

Others Born in 445 BC

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  • Photo of Antisthenes

    Antisthenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    445 BC - 365 BC

    HPI: 73.01

    Rank: 1

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    Lysias

    WRITER

    445 BC - 380 BC

    HPI: 67.80

    Rank: 2

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    Tissaphernes

    POLITICIAN

    445 BC - 395 BC

    HPI: 61.49

    Rank: 3

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    Glaucon

    PHILOSOPHER

    445 BC - Present

    HPI: 55.47

    Rank: 4

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Others Deceased in 380 BC

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lysias ranks 117 out of 1,024. Before him are Scopas (-395), Pheidippides (-600), Phaedrus (-20), Ictinus (-500), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Quintus Curtius Rufus (41). After him are Phryne (-371), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Cratylus (-500), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Parmenion (-400), and Oruç Reis (1473).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lysias ranks 16. Before him are Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Archilochus (-680), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Arion (-700), and Phaedrus (-20). After him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Periander (-700), Agathias (536), Longus (110), Aelia Eudocia (401), and Demetrius Vikelas (1835).

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