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Phaenias of Eresus

400 BC - 360 BC

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Phaenias of Eresus (Ancient Greek: Φαινίας ὁ Ἐρέσιος, Phainias; also Phanias (Φανίας)) was a Greek philosopher from Lesbos, important as an immediate follower of and commentator on Aristotle. He came to Athens about 332 BCE, and joined his compatriot, Theophrastus, in the Peripatetic school. His writings on logic and science appear to have been commentaries or supplements to the works of Aristotle and Theophrastus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phaenias of Eresus has received more than 28,496 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Phaenias of Eresus is the 1,043rd most popular philosopher (down from 956th in 2019), the 654th most popular biography from Greece (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 1,043 out of 1,267. Before him are Mary Daly, Wilhelm Gesenius, Carl Dahlhaus, Theodor Benfey, Thrasyllus of Mendes, and R. M. Hare. After him are Damaris Cudworth Masham, Aesara, Hermann Gunkel, Keshub Chandra Sen, Justus Möser, and Samuel ibn Tibbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 115. Before him are Nicaea of Macedon, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, Arrhidaeus, Archon of Pella, Lanassa, and Palaephatus. After him are Aesara, Philotas, Cleitus the White, Acrotatus II, Nicanor, and Sotades. Among people deceased in 360 BC, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 26. Before him are Laomedon of Mytilene, Leontion, Marsyas of Pella, Arrhidaeus, Cotys I, and Palaephatus. After him are Philotas, Aristides of Thebes, Stasanor, Lucius Aemilius Barbula, Androsthenes of Thasos, and Tlepolemus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 654 out of 1,024. Before him are Cercidas (-300), Emmanouil Tsouderos (1882), Tzannis Tzannetakis (1928), Nikos Anastopoulos (1958), Andreas Miaoulis (1769), and Matilde Serao (1856). After him are Eudamidas II (-350), Demetrios Kydones (1324), Panagis Tsaldaris (1868), Theodoros Diligiannis (1820), Pheidon (-700), and Charilaus (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Phaenias of Eresus ranks 64. Before him are Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Cineas (-400), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), and Cercidas (-300). After him are Ion Dragoumis (1878), and Polemon of Athens (200).

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