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Hippias

600 BC - 490 BC

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Hippias (Ancient Greek: Ἱππίας, romanized: Hippías; c. 570 BC – 490 BC) was the last tyrant of Athens, ruling from 527 to 510 BC. He was one of the Peisistratids, a group of tyrants from the same family in ancient Greece. His father was Pisistratus, who preceded him as ruler of Athens, while his brother Hipparchus may have ruled jointly with him. Hippias also had an illegitimate son, Hegesistratus, whom he made tyrant of Sigeion. He was deposed when Cleomenes I of Sparta successfully invaded Athens and forced him to flee to the Achaemenid Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hippias is the 1,968th most popular politician (down from 1,780th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 134th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Greek Politician.

Hippias is most famous for being the head of the Platonic Academy in Athens, Greece.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hippias ranks 1,968 out of 19,576. Before him are Amenemhat III, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Shalmaneser III, Publius Quinctilius Varus, Egon Krenz, and Gelimer. After him are Johannes Rau, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Cleopatra Selene of Syria, Alfonso VIII of Castile, and Perseus of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Hippias ranks 22. Before him are Hippasus, Theano, Polycrates, Mahapajapati Gotami, Nahum, and Bias of Priene. After him are Lucius Junius Brutus, Hipparchus, Chilon of Sparta, Cleomenes I, Alexander I of Macedon, and Thespis. Among people deceased in 490 BC, Hippias ranks 3. Before him are Pheidippides, and Devadatta. After him are Datis, Yan Hui, and Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus.

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    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 73.68

    Rank: 1

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    Devadatta

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1000 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 72.36

    Rank: 2

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    Hippias

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 72.28

    Rank: 3

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    Datis

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 66.69

    Rank: 4

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    Yan Hui

    PHILOSOPHER

    521 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 64.26

    Rank: 5

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    Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 57.70

    Rank: 6

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hippias ranks 142 out of 1,024. Before him are Agesilaus II (-444), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Oruç Reis (1473), Desmond Doss (1919), and Antonia Minor (-36). After him are Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Djemal Pasha (1872), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), Cratylus (-500), and Antonia the Elder (-39).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Hippias ranks 54. Before him are Antiphon (-480), Agesilaus II (-444), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Oruç Reis (1473), and Antonia Minor (-36). After him are Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), Antonia the Elder (-39), Hipparchus (-600), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), and Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776).

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