# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/secundus-the-silent
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:56:48.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/secundus-the-silent"
name: "Secundus the Silent"
slug: "secundus-the-silent"
description: "Secundus the Silent was a philosopher who lived in Athens in the early 2nd century, who had taken a vow of silence. An anonymous text entitled Life of Secundus purports to give details of his life as well as answers to philosophical questions posed to him by the emperor Hadrian. The work enjoyed great popularity in the Middle Ages."
tagline: "Cynic or Neopythagorean philosopher who lived in Athens in the early 2nd century, who had taken a vow of silence"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nuremberg_chronicles_f_113r_1.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "100"
deathDate: "200"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             8.750000000000002
  historical:           5.476494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secundus_the_Silent"
    title: "Secundus the Silent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segon_(sofista)"
    title: "Segon (sofista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secundus_der_Schweigsame"
    title: "Secundus der Schweigsame"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segundo%2C_o_Silencioso"
    title: "Segundo, o Silencioso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekundos_(filosofi)"
    title: "Sekundos (filosofi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secundos_le_Silencieux"
    title: "Secundos le Silencieux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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