# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diagoras-of-melos
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:14:57.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diagoras-of-melos"
name: "Diagoras of Melos"
slug: "diagoras-of-melos"
description: "Diagoras of Melos or Diagoras \"the Atheist\" was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century BC. Throughout antiquity, he was regarded as an atheist, but very little is known for certain about what he actually believed. Anecdotes about his life indicate that he spoke out against ancient Greek religion. He allegedly chopped up a wooden statue of Heracles and used it to roast his lentils and revealed the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Athenians accused him of asebeia (impiety) and banished him from their city. He died in Corinth."
tagline: "5th-century BC Greek poet and sophist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diagoras_de_Melos_in_Ecoles_d_Athenes.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-450"
deathDate: "-450"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.062992125984252
  historical:           20.41735733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Diagoras dari Melos"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump