PHILOSOPHER

Timon of Athens

500 BC - Today

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Timon of Athens ( TY-mən; Ancient Greek: Τίμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, romanized: Tímōn ho Athēnaîos, gen. Τίμωνος, Tímōnos) was a citizen of Athens whose reputation for misanthropy grew to legendary status. According to the historian Plutarch, Timon lived during the era of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timon of Athens has received more than 708,707 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Timon of Athens is the 795th most popular philosopher (up from 851st in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Timon of Athens ranks 795 out of 1,267. Before him are Vallabha, Rishabhanatha, Melchor Cano, Menedemus, Péter Pázmány, and Vincenzo Gioberti. After him are Leo Löwenthal, Franz Neumann, Bernard Stiegler, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Francisco Sanches, and Claude Lefort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Timon of Athens ranks 60. Before him are Metrodorus of Chios, Hyperbolus, Theagenes of Thasos, Lamachus, Li Kui, and Callicratidas. After him are Apollodorus, Praxilla, Gylippus, Stateira, Musaeus of Athens, and Inaros II.

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