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Hypereides

390 BC - 322 BC

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Hypereides or Hyperides (Ancient Greek: Ὑπερείδης, Hypereidēs; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with the stress variably on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable) was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC. He was a leader of the Athenian resistance to King Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. He was associated with Lycurgus and Demosthenes in exposing pro-Macedonian sympathizers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hypereides is the 6,001st most popular politician (down from 3,781st in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Greece (down from 246th in 2019) and the 145th most popular Greek Politician.

Hypereides was a Greek orator and politician who was famous for his speeches against Philip II of Macedon.

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Among politicians, Hypereides ranks 6,001 out of 19,576. Before him are Yoshihiko Noda, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, László Csatáry, Beatrice of Provence, Al-Mustanjid, and Nazim al-Qudsi. After him are Anne Gonzaga, Ri Chun-hee, Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, Onjo of Baekje, Fradique de Menezes, and Jinpyeong of Silla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390 BC, Hypereides ranks 7. Before him are Lysippos, Shang Yang, Vyasa, Lycurgus of Athens, Hieronymus of Cardia, and Hakor. After him are Alexander V of Macedon, Peucestas, Tiberius Coruncanius, Manius Curius Dentatus, Jaimini, and Pamphilus. Among people deceased in 322 BC, Hypereides ranks 5. Before him are Diogenes, Demosthenes, Heraclides Ponticus, and Leonnatus. After him are Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hypereides ranks 338 out of 1,024. Before him are Phrynichus (-535), Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965), Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (null), Aristides of Athens (150), Cratinus (-500), and Gregory III of Constantinople (1450). After him are Paul of Aegina (625), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Terpander (-712), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Peucestas (-390), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Hypereides ranks 145. Before him are Agis III (-350), Pheidon (-700), Cleombrotus I (-500), Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), Andocides (-440), and Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (1965). After him are Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Perictione (-500), and Glaucus of Corinth (null).

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