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PHILOSOPHER

Polemon

400 BC - 270 BC

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Polemon (Greek: Πολέμων, gen.: Πολέμωνος; d. 270/269 BC) of Athens was an eminent Greek Platonist philosopher and Plato's third successor as scholarch (i.e., head of the Academy) from 314/313 to 270/269 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polemon has received more than 35,586 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Polemon is the 607th most popular philosopher (up from 656th in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Greece (up from 390th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Polemon ranks 607 out of 1,081Before him are Johann Christoph Gottsched, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Yves Bonnefoy, John Austin, Aeschines of Sphettus, and David Hartley. After him are R. G. Collingwood, Shen Buhai, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Cristoforo Landino, Abraham Isaac Kook, and Diogenes of Oenoanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Polemon ranks 36Before him are Apama, Orestes of Macedon, Arete of Cyrene, King Nan of Zhou, Sosthenes of Macedon, and Cynane. After him are Gnaeus Flavius, Zoilus, Diodorus Cronus, Artabazos II, Aristyllus, and King Xian of Zhou. Among people deceased in 270 BC, Polemon ranks 2Before him is Arsinoe II. After him are Manius Curius Dentatus and Alexis.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Polemon ranks 364 out of 936Before him are Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Acusilaus (-600), Alexandros Panagoulis (1939), Demophon of Athens (null), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), and Aeschines of Sphettus (-430). After him are Callicratidas (-500), Dexippus (210), Miltiades the Elder (-600), Theopompus of Sparta (-800), Eupolis (-446), and Agatharchus (-500).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Polemon ranks 42Before him are Phaedo of Elis (-401), Stilpo (-359), Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Anaxarchus (-380), and Aeschines of Sphettus (-430). After him are Philo of Larissa (-145), Zoilus (-400), Aristo of Chios (-300), Hermarchus (-325), Asclepigenia (400), and Hecataeus of Abdera (-400).