# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mochus-of-sidon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:22:35.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mochus-of-sidon"
name: "Mochus of Sidon"
slug: "mochus-of-sidon"
description: "Mochus, also known as Mochus of Sidon and Mochus the Phoenician, is listed by Diogenes Laërtius along with Zalmoxis the Thracian and Atlas of Mauretania, as a proto-philosopher. Athenaeus claimed that he authored a work on the history of Phoenicia. Strabo, on the authority of Posidonius, speaks of one Mochus or Moschus of Sidon as the author of the atomic theory and says that he was more ancient than the Trojan War. He is also referred to by Josephus, Tatian, Eusebius, and Damascius."
tagline: "Early philosopher"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           43.98
  momentum:             2.1875
  historical:           7.884162666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Мох Сідонський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscu_de_Sid%C3%B3n"
    title: "Moscu de Sidón"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Мох Сидонски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moc_de_Sid%C3%B3"
    title: "Moc de Sidó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochus"
    title: "Mochus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosco_de_Sid%C3%B3n"
    title: "Mosco de Sidón"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochus"
    title: "Mochus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moco"
    title: "Moco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Мох Сидонский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2666375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump