Who Was Alive

Were Anacreon and Sophocles alive at the same time?

Yes. Anacreon and Sophocles were alive at the same time, from c. 496 BC to c. 485 BC.

Anacreon

Anacreon

Poet

Born c. 570 BC · died c. 485 BC

Sophocles

Sophocles

Athenian playwright

Born c. 496 BC · died c. 406 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 Sophocles 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 Sophocles were born

Anacreon and Sophocles 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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