PHILOSOPHER

Zoilus

400 BC - 320 BC

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Zoilus (Greek: Ζωΐλος Zoilos; c. 400 – 320 BC) was a Greek grammarian and literary critic from Amphipolis in Eastern Macedonia, then known as Thrace. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoilus has received more than 49,566 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Zoilus is the 564th most popular philosopher (up from 647th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Greece (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zoilus ranks 564 out of 1,267. Before him are Manuel Chrysoloras, Silvia Federici, John Austin, Liu Bowen, Tom Regan, and Daisaku Ikeda. After him are Bion of Borysthenes, Alan Watts, Bernardino Telesio, Zaleucus, Arthur Danto, and Usman dan Fodio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Zoilus ranks 30. Before him are Dinocrates, Attalus, Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, Polemon, Nepherites II, and Crates of Athens. After him are Campaspe, Apama, King Nan of Zhou, Eurydice of Egypt, Artabazos II, and King Lie of Zhou. Among people deceased in 320 BC, Zoilus ranks 3. Before him are Theopompus, and Anaxarchus. After him are Anaximenes of Lampsacus, and Dinostratus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Zoilus ranks 336 out of 1,024. Before him are Paul of Aegina (625), Katina Paxinou (1900), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Demosthenes (-412), and Ariston of Sparta (-550). After him are Antilochus (null), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), and Antenor (-590).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Zoilus ranks 44. Before him are Aristo of Chios (-300), Anaxarchus (-380), Philo of Larissa (-145), Polemon (-400), Crates of Athens (-400), and Nicos Poulantzas (1936). After him are Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Cebes (-500), Onesicritus (-360), Asclepigenia (400), Hermarchus (-325), and Metrocles (-400).

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