MATHEMATICIAN

Meton of Athens

500 BC - 460 BC

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Meton of Athens (Greek: Μέτων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; gen.: Μέτωνος) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geometer, and engineer who lived in Athens in the 5th century BC. He is best known for calculations involving the eponymous 19-year Metonic cycle, which he introduced in 432 BC into the lunisolar Attic calendar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meton of Athens has received more than 89,933 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Meton of Athens is the 116th most popular mathematician (down from 109th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Greece and the 2nd most popular Greek Mathematician.

The metonymy of Athens is the Acropolis, the ancient citadel and site of the Parthenon.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Meton of Athens ranks 116 out of 1,004. Before him are Girard Desargues, Brook Taylor, János Bolyai, John Couch Adams, Jean-Victor Poncelet, and Hippocrates of Chios. After him are Theon of Alexandria, Leonid Kantorovich, Josef Stefan, Nicomachus, Alexis Clairaut, and Christopher Clavius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Meton of Athens ranks 17. Before him are Cyrus the Younger, Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Nicias, Sogdianus of Persia, and Pleistarchus. After him are Brasidas, Zeuxis, Mnesikles, Polygnotus, Archelaus, and Eubulides. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Meton of Athens ranks 2. Before him is Pāṇini. After him are Mnesikles, Ajatashatru, Parrhasius, Hippo, Paeonius, Pharnabazus II, Diagoras of Rhodes, Telesilla, Sophron, and Agatharchus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Meton of Athens ranks 172 out of 1,024. Before him are Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), Thaïs (-400), Callisthenes (-360), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), and Pleistarchus (-500). After him are Periander (-700), Agathias (536), Longus (110), Brasidas (-500), Cleomenes I (-600), and Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Meton of Athens ranks 2. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470). After him are Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Dinostratus (-390), Geminus (null), Cahit Arf (1910), Francesco Barozzi (1537), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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