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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lysias ranks 401 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lysias ranks 111 out of 936Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lysias ranks 15Before 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).