PHILOSOPHER

Metrocles

400 BC - 300 BC

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Metrocles (Ancient Greek: Μητροκλῆς; fl. c. 325 BC) was a Cynic philosopher from Maroneia. He studied in Aristotle’s Lyceum under Theophrastus, and eventually became a follower of Crates of Thebes, who married Metrocles’ sister Hipparchia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Metrocles is the 829th most popular philosopher (down from 740th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Greece (down from 430th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Metrocles ranks 829 out of 1,267. Before him are Hecataeus of Abdera, George of Trebizond, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, John Italus, Rishabhanatha, and Konstantin Leontiev. After him are Leo Löwenthal, Charondas, František Tomášek, David the Invincible, Michael Baius, and Lucian Blaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Metrocles ranks 62. Before him are Silanion, Publius Decius Mus, Antipater Etesias, Hecataeus of Abdera, Palaephatus, and Lais of Hyccara. After him are Antimachus, Bryaxis, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Khabash, Dromichaetes, and Chremonides. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Metrocles ranks 29. Before him are Cleitarchus, Anyte of Tegea, Asclepiades of Samos, Archidamus IV, Sames I, and Hecataeus of Abdera. After him are Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Lysandra, Dromichaetes, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Hermippus of Smyrna, and Lanassa.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Metrocles ranks 501 out of 1,024. Before him are Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945), Ioannis Kolettis (1773), Gylippus (-500), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), George of Trebizond (1395), and Nephon II of Constantinople (1450). After him are Thomas Xenakis (1875), Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900), Theodoros Pangalos (1878), Georgios Koletis (1801), Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), and George Dalaras (1949).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Metrocles ranks 55. Before him are Glaucon (-445), Asclepigenia (400), Hermarchus (-325), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Hecataeus of Abdera (-400), and George of Trebizond (1395). After him are Lastheneia of Mantinea (-350), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), Arethas of Caesarea (860), Cineas (-400), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), and Phaenias of Eresus (-400).

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