445 BC - 380 BC
Lysias (; Greek: Λυσίας; c. 445 – c. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lysias has received more than 188,717 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lysias is the 401st most popular writer (up from 453rd in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Greece (up from 118th in 2019) and the 15th 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.
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Among writers, Lysias ranks 401 out of 5,755. Before him are Cornelius Nepos, Pietro Aretino, Sylvia Plath, Paula Hitler, Edward Said, and Arion. After him are Paul Auster, Propertius, Martial, Alvin Toffler, Tom Clancy, and W. B. Yeats.
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 395
1492 - 1556
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 396
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 397
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 398
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 399
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 400
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 401
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 402
50 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 403
40 - 104
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 404
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 405
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 406
1865 - 1939
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 407
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.
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 1
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 2
445 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 3
445 BC - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 4
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 1
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 2
390 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 3
400 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 4
410 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 5
435 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 6
Among people born in Greece, Lysias ranks 111 out of 936. Before him are John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Necho II (-625), Agrippina the Elder (-14), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Saint Titus (13), and Arion (-700). After him are Philomena (291), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Polycrates (-600), Melina Mercouri (1920), Karolos Papoulias (1929), and John V Palaiologos (1332).
1192 - 1254
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 105
625 BC - 595 BC
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 106
14 BC - 33
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 107
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 108
13 - 107
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 109
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 110
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 111
291 - 304
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 112
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 113
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 114
1920 - 1994
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 115
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 116
1332 - 1391
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 117
Among writers born in Greece, Lysias ranks 15. Before him are Nikos Kazantzakis (1883), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), and Arion (-700). After him are Phaedrus (-20), Tyrtaeus (-700), Longus (110), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Periander (-700), and Aelia Eudocia (401).
1883 - 1957
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 9
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 10
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 12
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 13
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 14
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 15
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 16
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 18
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 19
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
401 - 460
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 21