Who Was Alive

Were Anacreon and Aeschylus alive at the same time?

Yes. Anacreon and Aeschylus were alive at the same time, from 525 BC to c. 485 BC.

Anacreon

Anacreon

Poet

Born c. 570 BC · died c. 485 BC

Aeschylus

Aeschylus

Athenian playwright

Born 525 BC · died 456 BC

  1. Aesop, c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  2. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  3. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  4. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  5. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  6. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  7. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  8. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  9. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC

Anacreon and Aeschylus 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 Anacreon and Aeschylus were born

Anacreon and Aeschylus are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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