Who Was Alive

Anaximenes of Miletus

Greek Ionian Pre-Socratic philosopher

Born c. 585 BC · died 530–522 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Anaximenes of Miletus?

  1. Nebuchadnezzar II
  2. Solon
  3. Aesop
  4. Anaximander
  5. Cyrus the Great
  6. Anaximenes of Miletus
  7. Xenophanes
  8. Confucius
  9. Darius I
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Born during Anaximenes of Miletus’s lifetime: Confucius, Darius I and Xenophanes.

Not quite contemporaries: Parmenides was born 8 years after Anaximenes of Miletus died, Pindar was born 5 years after Anaximenes of Miletus died and Xerxes I was born 4 years after Anaximenes of Miletus died.

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