460 BC - 380 BC
Prodicus of Ceos (; Greek: Πρόδικος ὁ Κεῖος, Pródikos ho Keios; c. 465 BC – c. 395 BC) was a Greek philosopher, and part of the first generation of Sophists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prodicus has received more than 172,919 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Prodicus is the 256th most popular philosopher (up from 285th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Greece (up from 159th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Greek Philosopher.
Prodicus was a sophist, and is most famous for his work in ethics. He believed that the individual is the measure of all things, and that the pursuit of virtue is the highest good.
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Among philosophers, Prodicus ranks 256 out of 1,081. Before him are Vyasa, Orosius, Jacques Maritain, Franz Brentano, Aśvaghoṣa, and Vladimir Solovyov. After him are Francisco Suárez, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh of Saint Victor, Ernst Bloch, Carneades, and Nicole Oresme.
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 250
375 - 420
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 251
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 252
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
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80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 254
1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 255
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 256
1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 257
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 258
1096 - 1141
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 259
1885 - 1977
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 260
214 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 261
1323 - 1382
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 262
Among people born in 460 BC, Prodicus ranks 6. Before him are Hippocrates, Democritus, Thucydides, Diogenes of Apollonia, and Critias. After him is Verginia. Among people deceased in 380 BC, Prodicus ranks 2. Before him is Lysias. After him are Hakor, Nepherites II, Agesipolis I, and Philoxenus of Cythera.
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
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460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
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460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
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460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 5
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
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460 BC - 449 BC
HPI: 57.66
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445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
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390 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 58.80
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400 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 57.47
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410 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 52.36
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435 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 6
Among people born in Greece, Prodicus ranks 155 out of 936. Before him are Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Pausanias (null), Craterus (-370), Longus (110), Pleistarchus (-500), and Lysander (-401). After him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Antonia Minor (-36), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Pherecydes of Syros (-580).
1776 - 1831
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HPI: 65.65
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370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 65.62
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110 - 200
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500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
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401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
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1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
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1339 - 1410
HPI: 65.47
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36 BC - 37
HPI: 65.42
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100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 159
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
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580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
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Among philosophers born in Greece, Prodicus ranks 23. Before him are Melissus of Samos (-470), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Cratylus (-500), Epimenides (-690), and Apollodorus of Athens (-180). After him are Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Panaetius (-185), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Speusippus (-407), and Aenesidemus (-80).
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
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450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.46
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600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
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500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
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690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
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180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 22
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 23
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 24
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 25
185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 26
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 27
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 28
80 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 29