PHILOSOPHER

Archelaus

500 BC - 430 BC

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Archelaus (; Greek: Ἀρχέλαος; fl. 5th century BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Anaxagoras, and may have been a teacher of Socrates. He asserted that the principle of motion was the separation of hot from cold, from which he endeavoured to explain the formation of the Earth and the creation of animals and humans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archelaus is the 394th most popular philosopher (up from 400th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Greece (down from 235th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Archelaus is most famous for being the son of Herod the Great and Malthace, and for being the last king of Judea.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Archelaus ranks 394 out of 1,267. Before him are Ban Zhao, Richard Avenarius, Guan Zhong, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Haji Bektash Veli, and Saadia Gaon. After him are A. S. Neill, J. L. Austin, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Anne Conway, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Siger of Brabant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Archelaus ranks 21. Before him are Cratylus, Sogdianus of Persia, Meton of Athens, Pleistarchus, Brasidas, and Nicias. After him are Mnesikles, Pharnabazus II, Polygnotus, Alcetas II of Macedon, Fan Li, and Eubulides. Among people deceased in 430 BC, Archelaus ranks 5. Before him are Empedocles, Phidias, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, and Melissus of Samos.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Archelaus ranks 236 out of 1,024. Before him are Philostratus (170), Gotse Delchev (1872), Aglaonice (null), Cecrops I (null), Cleomenes III (-260), and William of Villehardouin (1300). After him are Agnodice (-400), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), Mnesikles (-500), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), and Costas Simitis (1936).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Archelaus ranks 34. Before him are Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Aenesidemus (-80), Cleobulus (-590), Crates of Thebes (-365), Stilpo (-359), and Philo of Larissa (-145). After him are Plutarch of Athens (350), Timon of Phlius (-320), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Phaedo of Elis (-401), Anaxarchus (-380), and Polemon (-400).

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