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Chilon of Sparta

600 BC - 520 BC

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Chilon of Sparta (Ancient Greek: Χείλων) (fl. 6th century BC) was a Spartan politician credited with the militarization of Spartan society, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chilon of Sparta is the 307th most popular philosopher (down from 238th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Greece (down from 129th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Chilon of Sparta is most famous for being the tutor of King Leonidas.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chilon of Sparta ranks 307 out of 1,267. Before him are Otto Weininger, Guy Debord, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Celsus, Lev Shestov, and Anacharsis. After him are Synesius, Roscellinus, Georges Sorel, Henri Lefebvre, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, and Félix Guattari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Chilon of Sparta ranks 25. Before him are Mahapajapati Gotami, Nahum, Bias of Priene, Hippias, Lucius Junius Brutus, and Hipparchus. After him are Cleomenes I, Alexander I of Macedon, Thespis, Aristagoras, Publius Valerius Publicola, and Neriglissar. Among people deceased in 520 BC, Chilon of Sparta ranks 2. Before him is Pherecydes of Syros. After him are Battus I of Cyrene, King Jing of Zhou, and King Dao of Zhou.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Chilon of Sparta ranks 178 out of 1,024. Before him are Craterus (-370), Longus (110), Tyrtaeus (-700), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Porphyry of Gaza (347), and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870). After him are Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Leotychidas (-540), Yanis Varoufakis (1961), Cleomenes I (-600), and Karolos Papoulias (1929).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Chilon of Sparta ranks 27. Before him are Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Euclid of Megara (-435), Panaetius (-185), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Epimenides (-690), and Speusippus (-407). After him are Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Aenesidemus (-80), Cleobulus (-590), Crates of Thebes (-365), Stilpo (-359), and Philo of Larissa (-145).

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