# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meton-of-athens
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:04:43.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meton-of-athens"
name: "Meton of Athens"
slug: "meton-of-athens"
description: "Meton of Athens was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geometer, and engineer who lived in Athens in the 5th century BC. He is best known for calculations involving the eponymous 19-year Metonic cycle, which he introduced in 432 BC into the lunisolar Attic calendar. Euphronios says that Colonus was Meton's deme."
tagline: "5th century BC Greek astronomer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-500"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           50.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.56958533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met%C3%B3n_z_At%C3%A9n"
    title: "Metón z Atén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton_van_Athene"
    title: "Meton van Athene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met%C3%B3_(astr%C3%B2nom)"
    title: "Metó (astrònom)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met%C3%B3n_Ath%C3%A9nsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Metón Athénský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton"
    title: "Meton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BF_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Μέτων ο Αθηναίος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton_of_Athens"
    title: "Meton of Athens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met%C3%B3n"
    title: "Metón"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "متون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ton"
    title: "Méton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met%C3%B3n"
    title: "Metón"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton"
    title: "Meton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met%C3%B3n_(csillag%C3%A1sz)"
    title: "Metón (csillagász)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metone_di_Atene"
    title: "Metone di Atene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "メトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მეტონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ton"
    title: "Méton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton_van_Athene"
    title: "Meton van Athene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton_fra_Athen"
    title: "Meton fra Athen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton_z_Aten"
    title: "Meton z Aten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton"
    title: "Meton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton_din_Atena"
    title: "Meton din Atena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Метон Афинский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meton"
    title: "Meton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q261909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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