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Ephialtes of Trachis

550 BC - 480 BC

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Ephialtes (; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης Ephialtēs) was a Greek renegade during the Greco-Persian Wars. Born to Eurydemus (Εὐρύδημος) of Malis, he betrayed his homeland and people to the Achaemenid Empire by revealing the existence of a path around the Greek coalition's position at Thermopylae. His efforts allowed the Persian army to overrun the Greeks' defensive formation and thereby win the Battle of Thermopylae in September 480 BCE. Ephialtes had hoped that he would be rewarded by the Persian king Xerxes I, but no such reward was bestowed upon him and he was instead forced to go into hiding when a bounty was placed on his head by the allied Greeks in their pursuit of punishing his act of treason. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ephialtes of Trachis is the 2,258th most popular politician (down from 1,939th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Greece (down from 146th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Greek Politician.

Ephialtes of Trachis is most famous for betraying the Greeks to the Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 2,258 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Félix Faure, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Gustav Heinemann, and Sergey Bubka. After him are Géza II of Hungary, Michel Barnier, Óscar Arias, Danjong of Joseon, Dorgon, and Robert Ritter von Greim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 7. Before him are Darius the Great, Cambyses II, Zechariah, Hecataeus of Miletus, Aristides, and Haggai. After him are Himilco, Mahākāśyapa, Alcetas I of Macedon, Atossa, Labashi-Marduk, and Goujian. Among people deceased in 480 BC, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 3. Before him are Leonidas I, and Mahapajapati Gotami. After him are Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Cleombrotus, Onomacritus, and Hamilcar I of Carthage.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 157 out of 1,024. Before him are Callicrates (-470), Euclid of Megara (-435), Parmenion (-400), Hipparchus (-600), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), and Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776). After him are Philip V of Macedon (-238), Panaetius (-185), Pausanias (null), Cleon (-450), Lysander (-401), and Andronicus of Rhodes (-100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Ephialtes of Trachis ranks 61. Before him are Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), Antonia the Elder (-39), Hipparchus (-600), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), and Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776). After him are Philip V of Macedon (-238), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Aeschines (-389), and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870).

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