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Hephaestion
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Hephaestion

Macedonian military officer

Born 356 BC · died 324 BC, aged 31 or 32

Who was alive at the same time as Hephaestion?

  1. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  2. Archytas, c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  3. Artaxerxes III, 425–338 BC
  4. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  5. Praxiteles, c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  6. Xenocrates, 396–314 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. Pytheas, c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  16. Seleucus I Nicator, 358–281 BC
  17. Hephaestion, 356–324 BC
  18. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC
  19. Roxana, c. 346 – 310 BC
  20. Qu Yuan, 343–278 BC
  21. Epicurus, 342–270 BC
  22. Chandragupta Maurya, 340–297 BC
  23. Zeno of Citium, c. 334 – 263 BC
  24. Pharnavaz I, 326–234 BC

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When Hephaestion was born, Aristotle was 27 or 28, Chanakya was 18 or 19, Darius III was 23 or 24, Isocrates was 79 or 80 and Seleucus I Nicator was 1 or 2.

When Hephaestion died, Aristotle was 59 or 60, Alexander the Great was 31 or 32, Epicurus was 17 or 18, Chanakya was 50 or 51 and Chandragupta Maurya was 15 or 16.

Born during Hephaestion’s lifetime: Epicurus, Zeno of Citium, Chandragupta Maurya, Pharnavaz I, Qu Yuan, Roxana, Cleanthes and Cassander.

Not quite contemporaries: Hippocrates died about 11 years before Hephaestion was born, Antisthenes died about 8 years before Hephaestion was born, Pyrrhus of Epirus was born about 6 years after Hephaestion died and Aristarchus of Samos was born about 11 years after Hephaestion died.

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The 43 best-known contemporaries

43 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hephaestion. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 340 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. Chandragupta Maurya 340–297 BC
  12. Darius III 380–330 BC
  13. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  14. Seleucus I Nicator 358–281 BC
  15. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  16. Qu Yuan 343–278 BC
  17. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  18. Pytheas c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  19. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  20. Roxana c. 346 – 310 BC
  21. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  22. Apelles 370–306 BC
  23. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  24. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  25. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  26. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  27. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  28. Lysimachus c. 357 – 281 BC
  29. Aeschines c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  30. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  31. Philip III of Macedon 359–317 BC
  32. Antipater 397–319 BC
  33. Aristoxenus c. 360 – c. 300 BC
  34. Agathocles of Syracuse 361–289 BC
  35. Cassander 355–296 BC
  36. Demetrius of Phalerum 350–283 BC
  37. Demetrius I Poliorcetes c. 337 – 283 BC
  38. Perdiccas 365–321 BC
  39. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  40. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  41. Strato of Lampsacus c. 335 – c. 269 BC
  42. Herophilos 335–280 BC
  43. Nearchus 356–300 BC