PHILOSOPHER

Julius Pollux

200 - 238

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Julius Pollux (Greek: Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης, Ioulios Polydeukes; fl. 2nd century) was a Greek scholar and rhetorician from Naucratis, Ancient Egypt. Emperor Commodus appointed him a professor-chair of rhetoric in Athens at the Academy — on account of his melodious voice, according to Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Pollux is the 865th most popular philosopher (down from 674th in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Julius Pollux ranks 865 out of 1,267. Before him are Metrodorus of Chios, Denis Pétau, Claude Lefort, Charles Kay Ogden, Anandamayi Ma, and Timon of Athens. After him are Myson of Chenae, James Mark Baldwin, Frederick Copleston, August Böckh, Ted Nelson, and Raymond Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Julius Pollux ranks 61. Before him are Empress He, Amelius, Yan Liang, Gongsun Du, Apollonius Dyscolus, and Abercius of Hieropolis. After him are Licinianus, Hierocles, Ma Jun, Cniva, Hermogenes of Tarsus, and Philostratus of Lemnos. Among people deceased in 238, Julius Pollux ranks 7. Before him are Maximinus Thrax, Gordian I, Gordian II, Balbinus, Pupienus, and Gaius Julius Verus Maximus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Julius Pollux ranks 380 out of 642. Before him are Olympiodorus of Thebes (301), Salama Moussa (1887), Tiberius Julius Alexander (100), Maximus I of Constantinople (350), Doria Shafik (1908), and Essam Sharaf (1952). After him are Nebetah (-1350), W. D. Hamilton (1936), Anatolius of Laodicea (201), Dionysius Periegetes (100), Cleomenes of Naucratis (-400), and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (1943).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Julius Pollux ranks 19. Before him are Syrianus (400), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Hermias (401), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), and Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832). After him are Isidore of Alexandria (450), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), and Leila Ahmed (1940).

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