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Cercidas

300 BC - 300 BC

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Cercidas (Ancient Greek: Κερκιδᾶς Kerkidas; fl. 3rd century BC) was a poet, Cynic philosopher, and legislator for his native city Megalopolis. A papyrus roll containing fragments from seven of his Cynic poems was discovered at Oxyrhynchus in 1906. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cercidas is the 1,156th most popular philosopher (down from 1,034th in 2019), the 743rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 648th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cercidas ranks 1,156 out of 1,267. Before him are Walter Burley, Max Bense, Eudorus of Alexandria, Nick Land, P. C. Chang, and Ralph Cudworth. After him are George Gerbner, André Comte-Sponville, Liang Shuming, Semyon Frank, Eduardo Lourenço, and Roberto Mangabeira Unger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Cercidas ranks 90. Before him are Marcus Junius Pera, Deidamia II of Epirus, Publius Claudius Pulcher, Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, Kharavela, and Laodice II. After him are Publius Aelius Paetus, Ptolemy of Epirus, Aulus Atilius Serranus, Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina, Agathocles of Egypt, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Cercidas ranks 56. Before him are Deidamia II of Epirus, Aesara, Apama II, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Bilistiche, and Laodice II. After him are Stratonice of Macedon, Ptolemy of Epirus, Craterus, Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and Philaenis.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cercidas ranks 743 out of 1,024. Before him are Miltiadis Gouskos (1877), Yannis Tsarouchis (1910), Evangelos Venizelos (1957), Zinovios Valvis (1800), Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), and Athanasios Miaoulis (1815). After him are Edward Battell (1900), Aris Velouchiotis (1905), Toma Caragiu (1925), Tolmides (-500), Kiki Dimoula (1931), and Antonis Antoniadis (1946).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Cercidas ranks 66. Before him are Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Phaenias of Eresus (-400), Musaeus of Athens (-500), Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Polemon of Athens (200), and Ion Dragoumis (1878).

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