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Pherecydes of Syros

580 BC - 520 BC

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Pherecydes of Syros (; Ancient Greek: Φερεκύδης ὁ Σύριος; fl. 6th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek mythographer and proto-philosopher from the island of Syros. Little is known about his life and death. Some ancient testimonies counted Pherecydes among the Seven Sages of Greece, although he is generally believed to have lived in the generation after them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pherecydes of Syros is the 257th most popular philosopher (up from 276th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Greece (up from 157th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Greek Philosopher.

Pherecydes of Syros is the first Greek philosopher to have written about the earth being round.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pherecydes of Syros ranks 257 out of 1,267. Before him are Cleanthes, Adam Weishaupt, Cratylus, Isaiah Berlin, Arcesilaus, and Roger Garaudy. After him are Donald Davidson, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Euclid of Megara, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Marsilius of Padua, and Nicole Oresme.

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Among people born in 580 BC, Pherecydes of Syros ranks 1. After him are Bardiya, and Battus I of Cyrene. Among people deceased in 520 BC, Pherecydes of Syros ranks 1. After him are Chilon of Sparta, Battus I of Cyrene, King Jing of Zhou, and King Dao of Zhou.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pherecydes of Syros ranks 149 out of 1,024. Before him are Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Djemal Pasha (1872), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), Cratylus (-500), and Antonia the Elder (-39). After him are Saint Giles (640), Callicrates (-470), Euclid of Megara (-435), Parmenion (-400), Hipparchus (-600), and Georgios Papadopoulos (1919).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Pherecydes of Syros ranks 21. Before him are Clement of Alexandria (150), Melissus of Samos (-470), Hippias (-443), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Prodicus (-460), and Cratylus (-500). After him are Euclid of Megara (-435), Panaetius (-185), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Epimenides (-690), Speusippus (-407), and Chilon of Sparta (-600).

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