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Apelles
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Apelles

Painter

Born 370 BC · died 306 BC, aged 63 or 64
Also known as Apelles of Kos, Apelles of Kolophon, Apelles of Ephesus

Who was alive at the same time as Apelles?

  1. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  2. Aristippus, c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  3. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  4. Archytas, c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  5. Eudoxus of Cnidus, c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  6. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  7. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  8. Demosthenes, 384–322 BC
  9. Darius III, 380–330 BC
  10. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  11. Mencius, c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  12. Theophrastus, c. 371 – 287 BC
  13. Zhuang Zhou, c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  14. Apelles, 370–306 BC
  15. Seleucus I Nicator, 358–281 BC
  16. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC
  17. Qu Yuan, 343–278 BC
  18. Epicurus, 342–270 BC
  19. Chandragupta Maurya, 340–297 BC
  20. Zeno of Citium, c. 334 – 263 BC
  21. Pharnavaz I, 326–234 BC
  22. Pyrrhus of Epirus, 318–272 BC
  23. Aristarchus of Samos, c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  24. Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 308–246 BC

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When Apelles was born, Demosthenes was 13 or 14, Artaxerxes III was 54 or 55, Agesilaus II was 73 or 74, Xenocrates was 25 or 26 and Antipater was 26 or 27.

When Apelles died, Pyrrhus of Epirus was 11 or 12, Ptolemy II Philadelphus was 1 or 2, Pharnavaz I was 19 or 20, Qu Yuan was 36 or 37 and Bindusara was 13 or 14.

Born during Apelles’s lifetime: Alexander the Great, Epicurus, Zeno of Citium, Chandragupta Maurya, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Aristarchus of Samos, Seleucus I Nicator and Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Not quite contemporaries: Ashoka was born about a year after Apelles died, Aristophanes died about 15 years before Apelles was born, Gorgias died about 3 years before Apelles was born and Apollonius of Rhodes was born about 10 years after Apelles died.

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Where Apelles’s contemporaries were born

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Apelles. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 338 BC.

  1. Aristotle 384–322 BC
  2. Alexander the Great 356–323 BC
  3. Epicurus 342–270 BC
  4. Chanakya 375–283 BC
  5. Diogenes c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  6. Demosthenes 384–322 BC
  7. Mencius c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  8. Theophrastus c. 371 – 287 BC
  9. Zhuang Zhou c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  10. Zeno of Citium c. 334 – 263 BC
  11. Antisthenes 445–365 BC
  12. Chandragupta Maurya 340–297 BC
  13. Pyrrhus of Epirus 318–272 BC
  14. Darius III 380–330 BC
  15. Aristarchus of Samos c. 310 – c. 230 BC
  16. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  17. Seleucus I Nicator 358–281 BC
  18. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  19. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  20. Ptolemy II Philadelphus 308–246 BC
  21. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  22. Qu Yuan 343–278 BC
  23. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  24. Pytheas c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  25. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  26. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  27. Roxana c. 346 – 310 BC
  28. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  29. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  30. Alexander IV of Macedon 323–309 BC
  31. Bindusara 320–273 BC
  32. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  33. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  34. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  35. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  36. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  37. Antiochus I Soter c. 324 – c. 262 BC
  38. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  39. Lysimachus c. 357 – 281 BC
  40. Aeschines c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  41. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  42. Philip III of Macedon 359–317 BC
  43. Antipater 397–319 BC
  44. Aratus c. 315 – c. 240 BC
  45. Aristoxenus c. 360 – c. 300 BC
  46. Agathocles of Syracuse 361–289 BC
  47. Cassander 355–296 BC
  48. Demetrius of Phalerum 350–283 BC
  49. Demetrius I Poliorcetes c. 337 – 283 BC
  50. Arsinoe II 316 – c. 269 BC
  51. Arcesilaus 315–240 BC
  52. Dionysius I of Syracuse c. 431 – 367 BC
  53. Perdiccas 365–321 BC
  54. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  55. Hiero II of Syracuse 308–215 BC
  56. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  57. Hephaestion 356–324 BC
  58. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC
  59. Strato of Lampsacus c. 335 – c. 269 BC
  60. Herophilos 335–280 BC
  61. Nearchus 356–300 BC