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Cleobulus
Published by Guillaume Rouille (1518?-1589), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cleobulus

Philosopher

Born c. 630 BC · died c. 560 BC
Also known as Cleobulus of Lindos, Kleoboulos of Lindos

Who was alive at the same time as Cleobulus?

  1. Ancus Marcius, 675–616 BC
  2. Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  3. Jehoiakim, 634–598 BC
  4. Cleobulus, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  5. Solon, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  6. Stesichorus, 630–555 BC
  7. Aesop, c. 620 – c. 564 BC
  8. Nabonidus, c. 615 – 538 BC
  9. Anaximander, c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  10. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  11. Bias of Priene, c. 600 – c. 530 BC
  12. Chilon of Sparta, c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  13. Cambyses I, c. 600 – 559 BC
  14. Sushruta, 600–500 BC
  15. Anaximenes of Miletus, c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  16. Pherecydes of Syros, c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  17. Polycrates, 574–522 BC
  18. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  19. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  20. Theognis of Megara, 570–485 BC
  21. Śāriputra, 568–484 BC

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Born during Cleobulus’s lifetime: Aesop, Cyrus the Great, Anaximander, Xenophanes, Anaximenes of Miletus, Anacreon, Theognis of Megara and Bias of Priene.

Not quite contemporaries: Confucius was born about 4 years after Cleobulus died, Darius the Great was born about 8 years after Cleobulus died, Archilochus died about 9 years before Cleobulus was born and Simonides of Ceos was born about a year after Cleobulus died.

Where Cleobulus’s contemporaries were born

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