PHILOSOPHER

Menedemus

340 BC - 265 BC

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Menedemus of Eretria (Ancient Greek: Μενέδημος ὁ Ἐρετριεύς; 345/44 – 261/60 BC) was a Greek philosopher and founder of the Eretrian school. He learned philosophy first in Athens, and then, with his friend Asclepiades, he subsequently studied under Stilpo and Phaedo of Elis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menedemus has received more than 38,911 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Menedemus is the 792nd most popular philosopher (up from 838th in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from Greece (up from 494th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Menedemus ranks 792 out of 1,267. Before him are Albinus, Mortimer J. Adler, Léon Brunschvicg, Vallabha, Rishabhanatha, and Melchor Cano. After him are Péter Pázmány, Vincenzo Gioberti, Timon of Athens, Leo Löwenthal, Franz Neumann, and Bernard Stiegler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 340 BC, Menedemus ranks 7. Before him are Chandragupta Maurya, Berenice I of Egypt, Appius Claudius Caecus, Theodorus the Atheist, Philetaerus, and King Wuling of Zhao. After him are Duris of Samos, Philochorus, and Polyaenus of Lampsacus. Among people deceased in 265 BC, Menedemus ranks 1. After him is Areus I.

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    Menedemus

    PHILOSOPHER

    340 BC - 265 BC

    HPI: 54.59

    Rank: 1

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    Areus I

    POLITICIAN

    350 BC - 265 BC

    HPI: 54.27

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Menedemus ranks 470 out of 1,024. Before him are Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Lamachus (-500), Ioannis Kolettis (1773), Archidamus V (-250), and Callicratidas (-500). After him are Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945), Mentor of Rhodes (-380), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Apollodorus (-500), and Praxilla (-500).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Menedemus ranks 53. Before him are Onesicritus (-360), Asclepigenia (400), Hermarchus (-325), Metrocles (-400), Glaucon (-445), and Metrodorus of Chios (-500). After him are Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), and Axiothea of Phlius (-400).

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