PHILOSOPHER

Epimenides

690 BC - 600 BC

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Epimenides of Knossos (or Epimenides of Crete) (; Ancient Greek: Ἐπιμενίδης) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, from Knossos or Phaistos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Epimenides is the 285th most popular philosopher (down from 271st in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Greece (down from 154th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Epimenides was a Cretan poet who is most famous for his paradoxical statement "All Cretans are liars."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Epimenides ranks 285 out of 1,267. Before him are Priscus, Sri Aurobindo, Abraham ibn Ezra, Bayazid Bastami, Ramana Maharshi, and Bruno Latour. After him are Hans Jonas, Thomas Carlyle, Speusippus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Jacques Maritain, and Alain Badiou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 690 BC, Epimenides ranks 2. Before him is Cyrus I.  Among people deceased in 600 BC, Epimenides ranks 9. Before him are Tomyris, Maya, Belshazzar, Habakkuk, Astyages, and Theano. After him are Anacharsis, Phalaris, Alcetas I of Macedon, Ibycus, Sushruta, and Mimnermus.

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    Cyrus I

    POLITICIAN

    690 BC - 580 BC

    HPI: 72.49

    Rank: 1

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    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.11

    Rank: 2

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Others Deceased in 600 BC

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    Tomyris

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 81.59

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 77.09

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 75.54

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Habakkuk

    Habakkuk

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    626 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 75.32

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 74.02

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Theano

    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 73.38

    Rank: 8

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    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.11

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.65

    Rank: 10

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    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.56

    Rank: 11

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    Alcetas I of Macedon

    POLITICIAN

    550 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 69.87

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Ibycus

    Ibycus

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 69.19

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Sushruta

    Sushruta

    PHYSICIAN

    620 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.12

    Rank: 14

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    Mimnermus

    WRITER

    670 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 67.56

    Rank: 15

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Epimenides ranks 168 out of 1,024. Before him are Lysander (-401), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), and Spyridon Louis (1873). After him are Speusippus (-407), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Aeschines (-389), Craterus (-370), Longus (110), and Tyrtaeus (-700).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Epimenides ranks 25. Before him are Prodicus (-460), Cratylus (-500), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Euclid of Megara (-435), Panaetius (-185), and Andronicus of Rhodes (-100). After him are Speusippus (-407), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), Aenesidemus (-80), Cleobulus (-590), and Crates of Thebes (-365).

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