PHILOSOPHER

Plutarch of Athens

350 - 431

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Plutarch of Athens (Greek: Πλούταρχος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 350 – 430 AD) was a Greek philosopher and Neoplatonist who taught in Athens at the beginning of the 5th century. He reestablished the Platonic Academy there and became its leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plutarch of Athens has received more than 59,330 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Plutarch of Athens is the 381st most popular philosopher (up from 473rd in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Greece (up from 289th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Plutarch was a Greek historian and philosopher who is most famous for his biographies of famous people.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Plutarch of Athens by language

Over the past year Plutarch of Athens has had the most page views in the with 8,020 views, followed by Russian (4,265), and Spanish (4,119). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (675.56%), Greek (139.13%), and Egyptian Arabic (47.18%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plutarch of Athens ranks 381 out of 1,267. Before him are Leo Strauss, Ágnes Heller, Gennadius Scholarius, Hilary Putnam, Masanobu Fukuoka, and John of Salisbury. After him are Saadia Gaon, Karl Rahner, George Santayana, J. L. Austin, E. H. Carr, and Mulla Sadra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350, Plutarch of Athens ranks 2. Before him is Hypatia. After him are Dalmatius, Thaïs, Ardashir II, Hermeric, Thiruvalluvar, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Octar, Vithimiris, Naemul of Silla, and Bonifacius. Among people deceased in 431, Plutarch of Athens ranks 1. After him are Paulinus of Nola, and Palladius of Galatia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Plutarch of Athens ranks 225 out of 1,024. Before him are Antiphon (-480), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Mnesikles (-500), and Athenagoras of Athens (133). After him are Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Plutarch of Athens ranks 33. Before him are Euclid of Megara (-435), Cleobulus (-590), Crates of Thebes (-365), Aenesidemus (-80), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), and Stilpo (-359). After him are Archelaus (-500), Timon of Phlius (-320), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Aristo of Chios (-300), and Anaxarchus (-380).

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