POLITICIAN

Peisistratos

600 BC - 527 BC

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Pisistratus (also spelled Peisistratus or Peisistratos; Ancient Greek: Πεισίστρατος Peisistratos; c. 600 BC – 527 BC) was a politician in ancient Athens, ruling as tyrant in the late 560s, the early 550s and from 546 BC until his death. His unification of Attica, the triangular peninsula of Greece containing Athens, along with economic and cultural improvements laid the groundwork for the later pre-eminence of Athens in ancient Greece. His legacy lies primarily in his institution of the Panathenaic Games, historically assigned the date of 566 BC, and the consequent first attempt at producing a definitive version of the Homeric epics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peisistratos has received more than 452,613 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Peisistratos is the 445th most popular politician (down from 395th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Greece (down from 45th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Greek Politician.

Peisistratos was most famous for his use of tyrants to rule Athens.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peisistratos ranks 445 out of 19,576. Before him are Jiang Zemin, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Constantine II of Greece, Puyi, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Leopold I of Belgium. After him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Menkaure, Louis X of France, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Otho, and Radovan Karadžić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Peisistratos ranks 8. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tomyris, Esther, Lucretia, Ānanda, and Servius Tullius. After him are Hippasus, Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, Belshazzar, Alexander I of Macedon, and Polycrates. Among people deceased in 527 BC, Peisistratos ranks 2. Before him is Mahavira.

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    Mahavira

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    599 BC - 527 BC

    HPI: 75.34

    Rank: 1

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    Peisistratos

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 527 BC

    HPI: 73.96

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Peisistratos ranks 49 out of 1,024. Before him are Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Polybius (-208), Theophrastus (-371), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Praxiteles (-395), and Constantine II of Greece (1940). After him are Menander (-342), Pope Sixtus II (215), Pindar (-517), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Vangelis (1943), and Antisthenes (-445).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Peisistratos ranks 14. Before him are Leonidas I (-540), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Cleisthenes (-565), Solon (-638), Alcibiades (-450), and Constantine II of Greece (1940). After him are Xanthippe (-500), Irene of Athens (752), Epaminondas (-418), Handan Sultan (1574), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), and Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284).

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