Anaxagoras · Herodotus Were Anaxagoras and Herodotus alive at the same time? Yes. Anaxagoras and Herodotus were alive at the same time, from c. 484 BC to c. 428 BC. Anaxagoras5th-century BC Greek philosopherBorn c. 500 BC · died c. 428 BCHerodotusGreek historian and geographerBorn c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC ConfuciusAeschylusAnaxagorasSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Anaxagoras and Herodotus 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.