Who Was Alive
Bacchylides
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Bacchylides

Greek poet

Born c. 516 BC · died c. 451 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Bacchylides?

  1. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  2. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  3. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  4. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  5. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  6. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  7. Themistocles, 524–459 BC
  8. Pāṇini, c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  9. Xerxes I, 519–465 BC
  10. Bacchylides, c. 516 – c. 451 BC
  11. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  12. Parmenides, c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  13. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  14. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  15. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  16. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  17. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  18. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  19. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  20. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  21. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  22. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  23. Mozi, 470–391 BC
  24. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC

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Born during Bacchylides’s lifetime: Socrates, Sophocles, Herodotus, Hippocrates, Pericles, Anaxagoras, Protagoras and Empedocles.

Not quite contemporaries: Cyrus the Great died about 11 years before Bacchylides was born, Aristophanes was born about a year after Bacchylides died, Anaximenes of Miletus died about 4 years before Bacchylides was born and Antisthenes was born about 3 years after Bacchylides died.

What happened in Bacchylides’s lifetime

Where Bacchylides’s contemporaries were born

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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bacchylides. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 484 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 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. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  7. Pericles 494–429 BC
  8. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  9. Parmenides c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  10. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  11. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  12. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  13. Pindar 517–437 BC
  14. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  15. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  16. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  17. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  18. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  19. Themistocles 524–459 BC
  20. Pāṇini c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  21. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  22. Mozi 470–391 BC
  23. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  24. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  25. Darius II 475–404 BC
  26. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  27. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  28. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  29. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  30. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  31. Critias 460–403 BC
  32. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  33. Aristides c. 540 – 467 BC
  34. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  35. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  36. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  37. Epicharmus of Cos c. 531 – c. 440 BC
  38. Cimon 510–450 BC
  39. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  40. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  41. Atossa 550–475 BC