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Musaeus of Athens

500 BC - Today

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Musaeus of Athens (Greek: Μουσαῖος, Mousaios) was a legendary polymath, philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musaeus of Athens has received more than 180,552 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Musaeus of Athens is the 857th most popular philosopher (down from 788th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Greece (down from 464th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Musaeus of Athens ranks 857 out of 1,267. Before him are Tan Sitong, Maximus of Ephesus, Gaudapada, Michael Dummett, Jean Guitton, and Józef Maria Bocheński. After him are Arethas of Caesarea, Perry Anderson, Domingo de Soto, Emer de Vattel, Pierre Daniel Huet, and William Paley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Musaeus of Athens ranks 65. Before him are Callicratidas, Timon of Athens, Apollodorus, Praxilla, Gylippus, and Stateira. After him are Inaros II, Thrasybulus of Syracuse, Androtion, Jason of Pherae, Hecatomnus, and Pausanias of Macedon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Musaeus of Athens ranks 501 out of 1,024. Before him are Leosthenes (-400), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Douris (-600), Dinostratus (-390), Dimitrios Gounaris (1867), and Philochorus (-340). After him are Arethas of Caesarea (860), Archidamus I (-600), Isidore of Kiev (1385), Timotheus (-400), Kostas Karamanlis (1956), and Glaucus of Corinth (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Musaeus of Athens ranks 56. Before him are Metrocles (-400), Glaucon (-445), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Menedemus (-340), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), and George of Trebizond (1395). After him are Arethas of Caesarea (860), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Cineas (-400), and Dimitri Kitsikis (1935).

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