PHILOSOPHER

Metrodorus of Chios

500 BC - 400 BC

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Metrodorus of Chios (Ancient Greek: Μητρόδωρος ὁ Χῖος; fl. 4th century BC) was a Greek philosopher, belonging to the school of Democritus, and an important forerunner of Epicurus. Metrodorus was a pupil of Nessus of Chios, or, as some accounts prefer, of Democritus himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Metrodorus of Chios has received more than 30,908 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Metrodorus of Chios is the 770th most popular philosopher (up from 799th in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from Greece (up from 472nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Greek Philosopher.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Metrodorus of Chios ranks 770 out of 1,267. Before him are Motoori Norinaga, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, Paul de Lagarde, and Sarada Devi. After him are Zacharias Rhetor, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Élisabeth Badinter, Albert of Saxony, Friedrich Pollock, and Jean-Luc Marion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Metrodorus of Chios ranks 54. Before him are Sophron, Agatharchus, Antalcidas, Calamis, Callimachus, and Agoracritus. After him are Hyperbolus, Theagenes of Thasos, Lamachus, Li Kui, Callicratidas, and Timon of Athens. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Metrodorus of Chios ranks 23. Before him are Perictione, Cebes, Erinna, Pythias, Gan De, and Antalcidas. After him are Philip of Opus, Li Kui, Gaius Licinius Stolo, Aeneas Tacticus, Axiothea of Phlius, and Timarete.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Metrodorus of Chios ranks 451 out of 1,024. Before him are Phylarchus (-255), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), Glaucias of Taulantii (-335), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Achilles Painter (-470), and Nikolaos Plastiras (1883). After him are John Aniston (1933), Michael Glykas (1125), Diocles (-240), Peter the Patrician (500), Tommy Lee (1962), and Dionysios Solomos (1798).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Metrodorus of Chios ranks 52. Before him are Cebes (-500), Onesicritus (-360), Asclepigenia (400), Hermarchus (-325), Metrocles (-400), and Glaucon (-445). After him are Menedemus (-340), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), and Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150).

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