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Lysias

445 BC - 380 BC

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Lysias (; Greek: Λυσίας; c. 445 – c. 380 BC) was a logographer (speech writer) in ancient Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lysias is the 495th most popular writer (down from 440th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Greece (down from 117th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Greek Writer.

Lysias is most famous for his speech "On the Murder of Eratosthenes." This speech is a defense of Eratosthenes, who was accused of murdering his wife.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lysias ranks 495 out of 7,302. Before him are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Louise Glück, Phaedrus, Alfred Döblin, Yevgeny Zamyatin, and Arnold Bennett. After him are Traudl Junge, Marie-Antoine Carême, Margaret Atwood, Natsume Sōseki, Władysław Reymont, and Wolfram von Eschenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 445 BC, Lysias ranks 2. Before him is Antisthenes. After him are Tissaphernes, and Glaucon. Among people deceased in 380 BC, Lysias ranks 1. After him are Prodicus, Hakor, Nepherites II, Agesipolis I, and Philoxenus of Cythera.

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  • Photo of Antisthenes

    Antisthenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    445 BC - 365 BC

    HPI: 78.34

    Rank: 1

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    Lysias

    WRITER

    445 BC - 380 BC

    HPI: 72.87

    Rank: 2

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    Tissaphernes

    POLITICIAN

    445 BC - 395 BC

    HPI: 67.59

    Rank: 3

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    Glaucon

    PHILOSOPHER

    445 BC - Present

    HPI: 62.46

    Rank: 4

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lysias ranks 126 out of 1,024. Before him are Phryne (-371), Philomena (291), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Scopas (-395), and Phaedrus (-20). After him are Ictinus (-500), Necho II (-625), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Nestor (null), and Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lysias ranks 16. Before him are Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Phaedrus (-20). After him are Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Longus (110), Tyrtaeus (-700), Odysseas Elytis (1911), and Jerry Falwell (1933).

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