Who Was Alive

Were Aesop and Anacreon alive at the same time?

Yes. Aesop and Anacreon were alive at the same time, from c. 570 BC to c. 564 BC.

Aesop

Aesop

Fabulist

Born c. 620 BC · died c. 564 BC

Anacreon

Anacreon

Poet

Born c. 570 BC · died c. 485 BC

  1. Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  2. Solon, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  3. Aesop, c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  4. Anaximander, c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  5. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  6. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  7. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  8. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  9. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  10. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC

Aesop and Anacreon in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Aesop and Anacreon were born

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