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Onesicritus

360 BC - 290 BC

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Onesicritus (Greek: Ὀνησίκριτος; c. 360 BC – c. 290 BC), a Greek historical writer and Cynic philosopher, who accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns in Asia. He claimed to have been the commander of Alexander's fleet but was actually only a helmsman; Arrian and Nearchus often criticize him for this. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Onesicritus is the 713th most popular philosopher (down from 698th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Greece (down from 407th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Greek Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Onesicritus ranks 713 out of 1,267. Before him are Henry More, Mario Bunge, Francesco Algarotti, Stephen Toulmin, Aedesia, and André Glucksmann. After him are Svetozar Marković, Edvard Westermarck, Numenius of Apamea, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Cheng Yi, and Georges Politzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 360 BC, Onesicritus ranks 5. Before him are Callisthenes, Aristoxenus, Autolycus of Pitane, and Arses of Persia. After him is Dionysius of Heraclea. Among people deceased in 290 BC, Onesicritus ranks 4. Before him are Autolycus of Pitane, Megasthenes, and Dicaearchus. After him is Neoptolemus II of Epirus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Onesicritus ranks 413 out of 1,024. Before him are Agatharchus (-500), Peithon (-355), Ion of Chios (-490), Christos Sartzetakis (1929), Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878), and Polydorus of Sparta (-741). After him are Alexandros Zaimis (1855), Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), Ian Hamilton (1853), Eleni Karaindrou (1941), Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), and Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Onesicritus ranks 47. Before him are Crates of Athens (-400), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Zoilus (-400), Cebes (-500), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), and Aristo of Chios (-300). After him are Menedemus (-340), Glaucon (-445), Asclepigenia (400), Hermarchus (-325), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), and Hecataeus of Abdera (-400).

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