PHILOSOPHER

Polemon of Athens

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Polemon of Athens (Ancient Greek: Πολέμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, fl. 2nd century BC) was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher and geographer. Of Athenian citizenship, he was most widely known as Polemon of Athens, but he was born either in Ilium, Samos, or Sicyon, and was also known as Polemon of Ilium and Polemon Periegetes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polemon of Athens has received more than 32,540 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Polemon of Athens is the 1,136th most popular philosopher (down from 984th in 2019), the 741st most popular biography from Greece (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Polemon of Athens ranks 1,136 out of 1,267. Before him are Hicetas, Martin Chemnitz, Nancy Cartwright, Albert Razin, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and Friedrich Gogarten. After him are Thomas van Erpe, Ada Adler, Liang Shuming, Marshall Berman, Allan Bloom, and Charondas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Polemon of Athens ranks 79. Before him are Theodotus of Byzantium, Pertinax of Byzantium, Serapion of Antioch, Symmachus, Olympianus of Byzantium, and Serenus Sammonicus. After him are Licinianus, Huvishka, Pope Julian of Alexandria, Nonia Celsa, and Vasudeva I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Polemon of Athens ranks 741 out of 1,024. Before him are Traianos Dellas (1976), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), Stefanos Stefanopoulos (1898), Nikos Xilouris (1936), Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1822), and Myronides (-450). After him are Toma Caragiu (1925), Achaicus of Corinth (null), Mindarus (-500), Agathonas Iakovidis (1955), Carlo II Tocco (1450), and Evangelos Venizelos (1957).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Polemon of Athens ranks 66. Before him are Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Cineas (-400), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Cercidas (-300), Phaenias of Eresus (-400), and Ion Dragoumis (1878).

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