Aeschylus · Socrates Were Aeschylus and Socrates alive at the same time? Yes. Aeschylus and Socrates were alive at the same time, from c. 470 BC to 456 BC. AeschylusAncient Athenian playwrightBorn 525 BC · died 456 BCSocrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopherBorn c. 470 BC · died 399 BC ConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Aeschylus and Socrates in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.