Prompt 5 of 7
Name an ancient Greek philosopher
359 accepted answers across 5 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Chrysippus— He reportedly died laughing at his own joke about a donkey.
85 ptsDeep Cut313 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Acrion
- Acusilaus
- Adrastus of Aphrodisias
- Aedesia
- Aedesius
- Aeneas of Gaza
- Aenesidemus
- Aesara
- Aeschines of Neapolis
- Aeschines of Sphettus
- Aetius
- Agapius
- Agathobulus
- Agrippa the Skeptic
- Albinus
- Alcinous
- Alexamenus of Teos
- Alexander of Aegae
- Alexander of Aphrodisias
- Alexander of Lycopolis
- Alexicrates
- Alexinus
- Amelius
- Ammonius Hermiae
- Ammonius of Athens
- Ammonius Saccas
- Anaxarchus
- Anaxilaus
- Androcydes
- Andronicus of Rhodes
- Anniceris
- Antiochus of Ascalon
- Antipater of Cyrene
- Antipater of Tarsus
- Antipater of Tyre
- Antoninus
- Apollodorus of Athens
- Apollodorus of Seleucia
- Apollonius Cronus
- Apollonius of Chalcedon
- Apollonius of Tyre
- Apollophanes of Antioch
- Aratus of Soli
- Archedemus of Tarsus
- Archelaus
- Archytas
- Arete of Cyrene
- Arignote
- Aristarchus of Samos
- Aristippus
- Aristippus the Younger
- Aristo of Alexandria
- Aristo of Ceos
- Aristo of Chios
- Aristoclea of Delphi
- Aristocles of Messene
- Aristocreon
- Aristotle of Cyrene
- Aristotle of Mytilene
- Aristoxenus
- Arius Didymus
- Asclepiades of Phlius
- Asclepigenia
- Asclepiodotus
- Asclepius of Tralles
- Aspasia
- Aspasius
- Athenaeus of Seleucia
- Athenodoros Cananites
- Athenodoros Cordylion
- Athenodorus of Soli
- Attalus
- Atticus
- Basilides the Epicurean
- Batis of Lampsacus
- Bion of Borysthenes
- Boethus of Sidon
- Bolus of Mendes
- Brontinus
- Bryson of Achaea
- Callicles
- Calliphon
- Callistratus
- Carneades
- Carneiscus
- Cassius Longinus
- Celsus
- Cercidas
- Cercops
- Chaeremon of Alexandria
- Chaerephon
- Chamaeleon
- Charmadas
- Chrysanthius
- Cleanthes
- Clearchus of Soli
- Cleinias of Tarentum
- Cleomedes
- Cleomenes
- Clinomachus
- Clitomachus
- Colotes
- Crantor
- Crates of Athens
- Crates of Mallus
- Cratippus of Pergamon
- Cratylus
- Crescens
- Crinis
- Critolaus
- Cronius
- Damascius
- Damis
- Damo
- Dardanus of Athens
- Demetrius Lacon
- Demetrius of Amphipolis
- Demetrius of Corinth
- Demetrius Phalereus
- Demetrius the Cynic
- Demonax
- Dexippus
- Diagoras of Melos
- Dicaearchus
- Dio of Alexandria
- Diocles of Cnidus
- Diodorus Cronus
- Diodorus of Adramyttium
- Diodorus of Aspendus
- Diodorus of Tyre
- Diodotus the Stoic
- Diogenes of Apollonia
- Diogenes of Babylon
- Diogenes of Oenoanda
- Diogenes of Seleucia
- Diogenes of Tarsus
- Dionysius of Chalcedon
- Dionysius of Cyrene
- Dionysius of Lamptrai
- Dionysius the Renegade
- Dios
- Dioscorides
- Diotimus the Stoic
- Domninus of Larissa
- Echecrates
- Ecphantus
- Epicharmus of Kos
- Eratosthenes— Geographer mostly, but Plato's Academy trained him first.
- Eubulides
- Euclid of Megara
- Eudemus of Rhodes
- Eudorus of Alexandria
- Euenus
- Euphantus
- Euphraeus
- Euphrates the Stoic
- Eurytus
- Eusebius of Myndus
- Eustathius of Cappadocia
- Evander
- Favorinus
- Fronto of Emesa
- Gaius the Platonist
- Galen
- Geminus
- Hagnon of Tarsus
- Hecataeus of Abdera
- Hecato of Rhodes
- Hegesias of Cyrene
- Hegesias of Sinope
- Hegesinus of Pergamon
- Hegias
- Heliodorus of Alexandria
- Heraclides Lembus
- Heraclides of Tarsus
- Heraclides Ponticus
- Herillus of Carthage
- Hermagoras of Amphipolis
- Hermarchus
- Hermias
- Herminus
- Hermippus of Smyrna
- Hicetas
- Hierius
- Hierocles
- Hieronymus of Rhodes
- Himerius
- Hippasus
- Hippias
- Hippo of Croton
- Ichthyas
- Idomeneus of Lampsacus
- Ion of Chios
- Isidore of Alexandria
- Jason of Nysa
- Lacydes of Cyrene
- Leonteus of Lampsacus
- Leontion
- Leucippus
- Lucius Annaeus Cornutus
- Lyco of Iasos
- Lyco of Troas
- Lycophron
- Lysis of Taras
- Maior of Arabia
- Marinus of Neapolis
- Maximus of Ephesus
- Maximus of Tyre
- Meleager of Gadara
- Melissus
- Menedemus
- Menippus
- Metrocles
- Metrodorus of Athens
- Metrodorus of Chios
- Metrodorus of Cos
- Metrodorus of Lampsacus
- Metrodorus of Stratonicea
- Mnesarchus
- Moderatus of Gades
- Monimus
- Myia
- Nausiphanes
- Nicarete of Megara
- Nicomachus
- Numenius of Apamea
- Nymphidianus of Smyrna
- Ocellus Lucanus
- Oenomaus of Gadara
- Olympiodorus the Elder
- Olympiodorus the Younger
- Onasander
- Onatas
- Onesicritus
- Origen the Pagan
- Pancrates of Athens
- Panthoides
- Pasicles of Thebes
- Patro the Epicurean
- Peregrinus Proteus
- Persaeus
- Phaedo of Elis
- Phaedrus the Epicurean
- Phanias of Eresus
- Phanto of Phlius
- Pherecydes of Syros
- Philip of Opus
- Philiscus of Aegina
- Philiscus of Thessaly
- Philo of Larissa
- Philo the Dialectician
- Philodemus
- Philolaus
- Philonides of Laodicea
- Phintys
- Plutarch of Athens
- Polemarchus
- Polemon of Athens
- Polemon of Laodicea
- Polus
- Polyaenus of Lampsacus
- Polystratus
- Potamo of Alexandria
- Praxiphanes
- Priscian of Lydia
- Priscus of Epirus
- Proclus Mallotes
- Proclus of Laodicea
- Prodicus
- Prodicus of Ceos
- Ptolemais of Cyrene
- Pyrrho
- Sallustius
- Satyrus
- Secundus the Silent
- Sextus of Chaeronea
- Simon the Shoemaker
- Simplicius
- Siro
- Sopater of Apamea
- Sosigenes
- Sosipatra
- Sotades of Maroneia
- Sotion
- Sphaerus
- Stilpo
- Strato of Lampsacus
- Syrianus
- Telauges
- Telecles of Phocis
- Teles of Megara
- Theagenes of Patras
- Theagenes of Rhegium
- Themista of Lampsacus
- Themistius
- Theodora
- Theodorus of Asine
- Theodorus the Atheist
- Theon of Smyrna
- Thrasymachus
- Timaeus of Locri
- Timaeus the Sophist
- Timon of Phlius
- Timycha
- Tisias
- Xenarchus of Seleucia
- Xeniades
- Xenophanes
- Xenophilus
- Zeno of Sidon
- Zeno of Tarsus
- Zenobius
- Zenodotus
60 ptsRare33 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Alcmaeon of Croton
- Anaxagoras
- Anaximander
- Anaximenes
- Antisthenes
- Apollonius of Tyana
- Arcesilaus
- Cebes
- Crates of Thebes
- Dio Chrysostom
- Empedocles
- Epictetus
- Eudoxus of Cnidus
- Gorgias
- Hipparchia
- Hypatia
- Iamblichus
- Panaetius
- Parmenides
- Plotinus
- Plutarch
- Porphyry
- Posidonius
- Proclus
- Protagoras
- Ptolemy
- Sextus Empiricus
- Simmias of Thebes
- Speusippus
- Theano
- Theophrastus
- Xenocrates
- Xenophon
30 ptsSchooler9 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Archimedes— Mathematician and inventor, not philosopher, but eureka buys goodwill.
- Democritus
- Diogenes
- Epicurus
- Heraclitus
- Hippocrates— Physician first, philosopher barely, yet the oath earns grace.
- Pythagoras
- Thales
- Zeno
10 ptsPlankton3 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Aristotle
- Plato
- Socrates