# Bias of Priene

> A lawyer in sixth-century-BC Greece who never charged a fee and died mid-argument in court. One of the Seven Sages, remembered for a bleak view of human nature and a tripod he refused to keep.

*6th-century BC Greek sage*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bias-of-priene

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** -600
- **Died:** -530
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Bias spent his life in Priene as a legal advocate, taking no payment from clients he believed had been wronged. He served as an envoy during a dispute with Samos, though the mediation failed. His philosophy was austere: most men are bad, misfortune must be borne, the gods deserve credit for good deeds, and wealth means nothing. Stories attached themselves to him—he turned down a tripod meant for the wisest man alive, ransomed kidnapped girls from Messenia, and once tricked the Lydian king Alyattes into abandoning a siege by making Priene look overstocked. He died arguing a case in old age, and even Heraclitus, who despised most figures from the past, praised him.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Academics, #Lawyer, #Law, #Philosophy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365977)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_of_Priene)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Bias%20of%20Priene)
- [بياس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Prienli Bias](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prienli_Bias)
- [Біянт Прыенскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Biant de Priene](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biant_de_Priene)
- [Bias z Priény](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_z_Pri%C3%A9ny)
- [Bias von Priene](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_von_Priene)
- [Βίας ο Πριηνεύς](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82)
- [Biaso el Priene](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biaso_el_Priene)
- [Bías](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%ADas)
- [Bias](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias)
- [بیاس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Bias](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias)
- [Bias de Priène](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_de_Pri%C3%A8ne)
- [ביאס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A1)
- [Biasz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biasz)
- [Bias dari Priene](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_dari_Priene)
- [Biante](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biante)
- [Bias Prienensis](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_Prienensis)
- [Bias van Priëne](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_van_Pri%C3%ABne)
- [Bias z Prieny](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_z_Prieny)
- [Bias de Priene](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_de_Priene)
- [Bias din Priene](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_din_Priene)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Biant)
- [Wikiquote](https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)
- [Wikiquote](https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bias_von_Priene)

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