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Isaeus

420 BC - 340 BC

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Isaeus (Greek: Ἰσαῖος Isaios; fl. early 4th century BC) was one of the ten Attic orators according to the Alexandrian canon. He was a student of Isocrates in Athens, and later taught Demosthenes while working as a metic logographer (speechwriter) for others. Only eleven of his speeches survive, with fragments of a twelfth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaeus is the 2,382nd most popular writer (down from 1,859th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Greece (down from 390th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isaeus ranks 2,382 out of 7,302. Before him are Michel de Ghelderode, Xenophon of Ephesus, Heinrich Glarean, Petrus Comestor, Paul Féval, père, and Catherine Breillat. After him are Philo of Byblos, Djuna Barnes, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Dorothy Parker, and Vítězslav Nezval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 420 BC, Isaeus ranks 1. After him are Ateas, and Timarete. Among people deceased in 340 BC, Isaeus ranks 2. Before him is Arete of Cyrene. After him are Publius Decius Mus, and Mentor of Rhodes.

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    Isaeus

    WRITER

    420 BC - 340 BC

    HPI: 62.10

    Rank: 1

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    Ateas

    POLITICIAN

    420 BC - 339 BC

    HPI: 61.12

    Rank: 2

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    Timarete

    PAINTER

    420 BC - 400 BC

    HPI: 60.98

    Rank: 3

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 471 out of 1,024. Before him are Haris Alexiou (1950), Eupolis (-446), Miltiades the Elder (-600), Meleager (-320), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), and Manuel Kantakouzenos (1326). After him are Lamachus (-500), Koçi Xoxe (1911), Battus I of Cyrene (-580), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), and Archidamus IV (-400).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Isaeus ranks 54. Before him are Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Albert Cohen (1895), Telesilla (-500), Posidippus (-310), Victorinus of Pettau (250), and Eupolis (-446). After him are Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Praxilla (-500), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Acusilaus (-600), Philitas of Cos (-400), and Crates (-350).

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