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Xenophon

430 BC - 354 BC

Xenophon

Xenophon of Athens (; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφῶν [ksenopʰɔ̂ːn]; c. 430 – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies of the Achaemenid Empire, the Ten Thousand, that marched on and came close to capturing Babylon in 401 BC. As the military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge wrote, "the centuries since have devised nothing to surpass the genius of this warrior". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xenophon has received more than 2,623,085 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Xenophon is the 4th most popular historian (up from 7th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Greece (up from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Historian.

Xenophon is most famous for writing the "Anabasis", which is an account of the Greek mercenaries' journey from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea.

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2.6M
Page Views (PV)
78.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
84
Languages Editions (L)
12.01
Effective Languages (L*)
3.71
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Xenophon ranks 4 out of 339. Before him are Herodotus, Ibn Khaldun, and Thucydides. After him are Tacitus, Livy, Sima Qian, Josephus, Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Diodorus Siculus.

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HPI: 89.51
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HPI: 80.13
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Xenophon
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
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HPI: 78.27
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HPI: 77.97
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HPI: 75.67
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HPI: 74.53
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HPI: 74.03
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HPI: 73.70
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 430 BC, Xenophon ranks 1. After him are Dionysius I of Syracuse, Cynisca, Aeschines of Sphettus, and Philistus. Among people deceased in 354 BC, Xenophon ranks 1. After him are Dion of Syracuse and Timotheus.