Who Was Alive

Hippias

Athenian sophist

Born 443 BC · died 399 BC, aged 43 or 44
Also known as Hippias of Elis

Who was alive at the same time as Hippias?

  1. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  2. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  3. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  4. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  5. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  6. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  7. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  8. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  9. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  10. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  11. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  12. Aspasia, c. 470 – 400 BC
  13. Mozi, 470–391 BC
  14. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  15. Artaxerxes II, c. 453 – 358 BC
  16. Alcibiades, c. 450 – 404 BC
  17. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  18. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  19. Hippias, 443–399 BC
  20. Aristippus, c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  21. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  22. Archytas, c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  23. Artaxerxes III, 425–338 BC
  24. Eudoxus of Cnidus, c. 408 – c. 355 BC

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When Hippias was born, Pericles was 50 or 51, Mozi was 26 or 27, Darius II was 31 or 32, Agesilaus II was about a year old and Marcus Furius Camillus was 2 or 3.

When Hippias died, Mozi was 70 or 71, Artaxerxes III was 25 or 26, Agesilaus II was 44 or 45 and Marcus Furius Camillus was 46 or 47.

Born during Hippias’s lifetime: Isocrates, Aristippus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Archytas, Artaxerxes III, Epaminondas, Dionysius I of Syracuse and Mausolus.

Not quite contemporaries: Aristotle was born about 14 years after Hippias died, Aeschylus died about 13 years before Hippias was born, Demosthenes was born about 15 years after Hippias died and Pāṇini died about 15 years before Hippias was born.

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Where Hippias’s contemporaries were born

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The 36 best-known contemporaries

36 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hippias. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 421 BC.

  1. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  2. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  3. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  4. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  5. Aristophanes c. 445 – 385 BC
  6. Pericles 494–429 BC
  7. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  8. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  9. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  10. Pindar 517–437 BC
  11. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  12. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  13. Antisthenes 445–365 BC
  14. Alcibiades c. 450 – 404 BC
  15. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  16. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  17. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  18. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  19. Mozi 470–391 BC
  20. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  21. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  22. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  23. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  24. Darius II 475–404 BC
  25. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  26. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  27. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  28. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  29. Critias 460–403 BC
  30. Lysias c. 445 – 380 BC
  31. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  32. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  33. Dionysius I of Syracuse c. 431 – 367 BC
  34. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  35. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  36. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC