Who Was Alive

Were Hippocrates and Alcibiades alive at the same time?

Yes. Hippocrates and Alcibiades were alive at the same time, from c. 450 BC to 404 BC.

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

Physician

Born c. 460 BC · died c. 370 BC

Alcibiades

Alcibiades

Athenian soldier

Born c. 450 BC · died 404 BC

  1. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  2. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  3. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  4. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  5. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  6. Alcibiades, c. 450 – 404 BC
  7. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  8. Aristotle, 384–322 BC

Hippocrates and Alcibiades in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Events both lived through

Where Hippocrates and Alcibiades were born

Hippocrates and Alcibiades are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list