Hippocrates · Aristophanes Were Hippocrates and Aristophanes alive at the same time? Yes. Hippocrates and Aristophanes were alive at the same time, from c. 445 BC to 385 BC. HippocratesGreek physicianBorn c. 460 BC · died c. 370 BCAristophanesClassical Athenian comic playwrightBorn c. 445 BC · died 385 BC AeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanesDiogenes of SinopeAristotle Hippocrates and Aristophanes in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.