PHILOSOPHER

Cineas

400 BC - 300 BC

Photo of Cineas

Icon of person Cineas

Cineas (Greek: Κινέας) was a man from Thessaly and an important adviser of King Pyrrhus. He had a reputation for great wisdom and was a pupil of Demosthenes the orator and was the only man who could be compared in skill with Demosthenes. Pyrrhus held him in high regard. Cineas was an Epicurean according to Cicero and Plutarch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cineas is the 934th most popular philosopher (up from 952nd in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from Greece (down from 576th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Cineas by language

Loading...

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Cineas ranks 934 out of 1,267. Before him are Ajita Kesakambali, Erich Neumann, Tomáš Halík, Patricia Churchland, Michael Löwy, and Édouard Le Roy. After him are Perry Anderson, Johannes Agricola, Michel Marcel Navratil, Azmi Bishara, Guillaume Faye, and Apollodorus the Epicurean.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Cineas ranks 86. Before him are Antiphilus, Lagus, Leontion, Phila, Orestes of Macedon, and Laomedon of Mytilene. After him are Agesipolis II, Nicanor, Alcetas, Philinna, Mahapadma Nanda, and Monimus. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Cineas ranks 38. Before him are Dromichaetes, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Hermippus of Smyrna, Lanassa, Olympias II of Epirus, and Cleombrotus II. After him are Rhianus, Eudamidas III, Diocles of Carystus, Publius Valerius Laevinus, Cephisodotus the Younger, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter.

Others Born in 400 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previous
  • Photo of Antiphilus

    Antiphilus

    PAINTER

    400 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 60.10

    Rank: 80

  • Photo of Lagus

    Lagus

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 60.09

    Rank: 81

  • Photo of Leontion

    Leontion

    PHILOSOPHER

    400 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 60.07

    Rank: 82

  • Photo of Phila

    Phila

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 287 BC

    HPI: 60.00

    Rank: 83

  • Photo of Orestes of Macedon

    Orestes of Macedon

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 396 BC

    HPI: 59.87

    Rank: 84

  • Photo of Laomedon of Mytilene

    Laomedon of Mytilene

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    400 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 59.81

    Rank: 85

  • Photo of Cineas

    Cineas

    PHILOSOPHER

    400 BC - 300 BC

    HPI: 59.80

    Rank: 86

  • Photo of Agesipolis II

    Agesipolis II

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 370 BC

    HPI: 59.75

    Rank: 87

  • Photo of Nicanor

    Nicanor

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    400 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 59.70

    Rank: 88

  • Photo of Alcetas

    Alcetas

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 319 BC

    HPI: 59.59

    Rank: 89

  • Photo of Philinna

    Philinna

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 59.55

    Rank: 90

  • Photo of Mahapadma Nanda

    Mahapadma Nanda

    POLITICIAN

    400 BC - 329 BC

    HPI: 59.51

    Rank: 91

  • Photo of Monimus

    Monimus

    PHILOSOPHER

    400 BC - Present

    HPI: 59.50

    Rank: 92

Load previous

Others Deceased in 300 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cineas ranks 577 out of 1,024. Before him are Katherine Karađorđević (1943), Konstantinos Demertzis (1876), Oenopides (-490), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Cleombrotus II (-250), and Laomedon of Mytilene (-400). After him are Thrasymedes (null), Ioannis Mitropoulos (1874), Geminus (null), Agesipolis II (-400), Charilaos Trikoupis (1832), and Louis Dumont (1911).

Others born in Greece

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Cineas ranks 59. Before him are Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), Metrocles (-400), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), and Arethas of Caesarea (860). After 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).

Greek born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous