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Thaïs

400 BC - 400 BC

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Thaïs or Thais (Greek: Θαΐς; flourished 4th century BC) was a famous Greek hetaira who accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for instigating the burning of Persepolis. At the time, Thaïs was the lover of Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander's close companions and generals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thaïs has received more than 417,784 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Thaïs is the 4,526th most popular politician (down from 2,685th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Greece (down from 190th in 2019) and the 126th most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thaïs ranks 4,526 out of 15,577Before her are Ottokar Czernin, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Salvius Julianus, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Georgios Papandreou, and Emperor Ankan. After her are Eutropius, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Pak Pong-ju, Arnuwanda II, Luis Echeverría, and Moussa Traoré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Thaïs ranks 18Before her are Stateira I, Leochares, Ephorus, Pausanias of Orestis, Mithridates I of Pontus, and Drypetis. After her are Attalus, Harpalus, Campaspe, Hegesias of Cyrene, Philip IV of Macedon, and Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Thaïs ranks 12Before her are Teos of Egypt, Eubulides, Leochares, Parysatis, Alcamenes, and Phaedo of Elis. After her are Perictione, Oxyartes, Artakama, Cebes, Cephisodotus the Elder, and Antalcidas.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Thaïs ranks 285 out of 936Before her are Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Timoleon (-411), Cypselus (-700), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Georgios Papandreou (1888). After her are Katina Paxinou (1900), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Antonia the Elder (-39), Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), and Ariston of Sparta (-550).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Thaïs ranks 126Before her are Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Timoleon (-411), Cypselus (-700), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Georgios Papandreou (1888). After her are Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Antonia the Elder (-39), Ariston of Sparta (-550), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), and Pleistoanax (-500).