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Diagoras of Melos

450 BC - 450 BC

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Diagoras of Melos (Greek: Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος) or Diagoras "the Atheist" was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century BC. Throughout antiquity, he was regarded as an atheist, but very little is known for certain about what he actually believed. Anecdotes about his life indicate that he spoke out against ancient Greek religion. He allegedly chopped up a wooden statue of Heracles and used it to roast his lentils and revealed the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Athenians accused him of asebeia (impiety) and banished him from their city. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diagoras of Melos is the 1,584th most popular writer (down from 1,518th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 340th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Diagoras of Melos ranks 1,584 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Chatterton, Ueda Akinari, Antipater of Sidon, Jørgen Moe, Jules Romains, and John of Kronstadt. After him are Joseph Needham, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Théodore de Banville, Eileen Chang, Flannery O'Connor, and Tomi Ungerer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Diagoras of Melos ranks 12. Before him are Amyntas III of Macedon, Nectanebo I, Amyrtaeus, Archidamus II, Pelopidas, and Theramenes. After him are Anuruddha, Artabanus of Persia, Ptolemy of Aloros, Antiochus of Syracuse, Alcidamas, and Amrapali. Among people deceased in 450 BC, Diagoras of Melos ranks 3. Before him are Cimon, and Alcmaeon of Croton. After him are Antiochus of Syracuse, and Pherecrates.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Diagoras of Melos ranks 353 out of 1,024. Before him are Dinocrates (-400), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Conon (-401), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Michael Glykas (1125), and Callimachus (-600). After him are Zoilus (-400), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Perictione (-500), Aspasia Manos (1896), Lycophron (-320), and Glaucus of Corinth (null).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Diagoras of Melos ranks 38. Before him are Ugo Foscolo (1778), Rigas Feraios (1757), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), Phrynichus (-535), and Cratinus (-500). After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Lycophron (-320), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Erinna (-400), and Ion of Chios (-490).

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