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Bias of Priene
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Bias of Priene

Lawyer

Born c. 600 BC · died c. 530 BC
Also known as Bias

Who was alive at the same time as Bias of Priene?

  1. Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  2. Solon, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  3. Cleobulus, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  4. Stesichorus, 630–555 BC
  5. Aesop, c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  6. Nabonidus, c. 615 – 538 BC
  7. Anaximander, c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  8. Bias of Priene, c. 600 – c. 530 BC
  9. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  10. Chilon of Sparta, c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  11. Cambyses I, c. 600 – 559 BC
  12. Sushruta, 600–500 BC
  13. Anaximenes of Miletus, c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  14. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  15. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  16. Theognis of Megara, 570–485 BC
  17. Śāriputra, 568–484 BC
  18. Cambyses II, 559–522 BC
  19. Bimbisara, 558–491 BC
  20. Miltiades, c. 554 – 489 BC
  21. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  22. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  23. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  24. Aristides, c. 540 – 467 BC

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Born during Bias of Priene’s lifetime: Confucius, Darius the Great, Xenophanes, Anaximenes of Miletus, Anacreon, Cambyses II, Simonides of Ceos and Theognis of Megara.

Not quite contemporaries: Aeschylus was born about 2 years after Bias of Priene died, Parmenides was born about 13 years after Bias of Priene died, Pindar was born about 10 years after Bias of Priene died and Xerxes I was born about 9 years after Bias of Priene died.

Where Bias of Priene’s contemporaries were born

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The 26 best-known contemporaries

26 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bias of Priene. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 565 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Aesop c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  3. Cyrus the Great c. 600 – 530 BC
  4. Solon c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  5. Anaximander c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  6. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  7. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  8. Nebuchadnezzar II c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  9. Anaximenes of Miletus c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  10. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  11. Cambyses II 559–522 BC
  12. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  13. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  14. Chilon of Sparta c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  15. Cambyses I c. 600 – 559 BC
  16. Sushruta 600–500 BC
  17. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  18. Nabonidus c. 615 – 538 BC
  19. Cleobulus c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  20. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  21. Aristides c. 540 – 467 BC
  22. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  23. Stesichorus 630–555 BC
  24. Polycrates 574–522 BC
  25. Pherecydes of Syros c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  26. Atossa 550–475 BC