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Antisthenes
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Antisthenes

Athenian philosopher

Born 445 BC · died 365 BC
Also known as Antisthenes of Athens

Who was alive at the same time as Antisthenes?

  1. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  2. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  3. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  4. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  5. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  6. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  7. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  8. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  9. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  10. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  11. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  12. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  13. Alcibiades, c. 450 – 404 BC
  14. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  15. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  16. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  17. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  18. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  19. Demosthenes, 384–322 BC
  20. Darius III, 380–330 BC
  21. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  22. Mencius, c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  23. Theophrastus, c. 371 – 287 BC
  24. Zhuang Zhou, c. 369 – c. 288 BC

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When Antisthenes was born, Critias was 14 or 15.

When Antisthenes died, Demosthenes was 18 or 19, Artaxerxes III was 59 or 60, Apelles was 4 or 5, Agesilaus II was 78 or 79 and Xenocrates was 30 or 31.

Born during Antisthenes’s lifetime: Aristotle, Chanakya, Diogenes, Demosthenes, Mencius, Theophrastus, Zhuang Zhou and Darius III.

Not quite contemporaries: Alexander the Great was born about 9 years after Antisthenes died, Aeschylus died about 10 years before Antisthenes was born, Themistocles died about 13 years before Antisthenes was born and Pāṇini died about 12 years before Antisthenes was born.

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The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Antisthenes. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 405 BC.

  1. Aristotle 384–322 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  6. Aristophanes c. 445 – 385 BC
  7. Chanakya 375–283 BC
  8. Diogenes c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  9. Pericles 494–429 BC
  10. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  11. Demosthenes 384–322 BC
  12. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  13. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  14. Mencius c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  15. Pindar 517–437 BC
  16. Theophrastus c. 371 – 287 BC
  17. Zhuang Zhou c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  18. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  19. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  20. Darius III 380–330 BC
  21. Alcibiades c. 450 – 404 BC
  22. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  23. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  24. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  25. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  26. Mozi 470–391 BC
  27. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  28. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  29. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  30. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  31. Darius II 475–404 BC
  32. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  33. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  34. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  35. Apelles 370–306 BC
  36. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  37. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  38. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  39. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  40. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  41. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  42. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  43. Critias 460–403 BC
  44. Lysias c. 445 – 380 BC
  45. Aeschines c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  46. Antipater 397–319 BC
  47. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  48. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  49. Dionysius I of Syracuse c. 431 – 367 BC
  50. Hippias 443–399 BC
  51. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  52. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  53. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  54. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC