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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 45,490 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Zoilus is the 647th most popular philosopher (down from 504th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 306th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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  • 45k

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  • 55.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zoilus ranks 647 out of 1,081Before him are Gautama Maharishi, Johannes Bugenhagen, Peter the Iberian, Pierre Hadot, Zalmoxis, and Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi. After him are Ammonius Hermiae, Antonio Labriola, Hemachandra, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Gaius Marius Victorinus, and Theodor Lipps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Zoilus ranks 38Before him are Arete of Cyrene, King Nan of Zhou, Sosthenes of Macedon, Cynane, Polemon, and Gnaeus Flavius. After him are Diodorus Cronus, Artabazos II, Aristyllus, King Xian of Zhou, Lais of Corinth, and Polykleitos the Younger. Among people deceased in 320 BC, Zoilus ranks 4Before him are Theopompus, Anaxarchus, and Anaximenes of Lampsacus. After him is Dinostratus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Zoilus ranks 383 out of 936Before him are Aristomenes (-700), Demades (-380), Podalirius (null), Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913), Eupalinos (-600), and Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50). After him are Phaedon Gizikis (1917), Aristo of Chios (-300), Meleager (-320), Albert Cohen (1895), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), and Stavros Niarchos (1909).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Zoilus ranks 44Before him are Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Anaxarchus (-380), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Polemon (-400), and Philo of Larissa (-145). After him are Aristo of Chios (-300), Hermarchus (-325), Asclepigenia (400), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), Onesicritus (-360), and Glaucon (-445).