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Isocrates
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Isocrates

Athenian writer

Born 436 BC · died August 338 BC, aged 97 or 98
Also known as Isokratēs, Isokrates

Who was alive at the same time as Isocrates?

  1. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  2. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  3. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  4. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  5. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  6. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  7. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  8. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  9. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  10. Alcibiades, c. 450 – 404 BC
  11. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  12. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  13. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  14. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  15. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  16. Demosthenes, 384–322 BC
  17. Darius III, 380–330 BC
  18. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  19. Mencius, c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  20. Theophrastus, c. 371 – 287 BC
  21. Zhuang Zhou, c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  22. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC
  23. Epicurus, 342–270 BC
  24. Chandragupta Maurya, 340–297 BC

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When Isocrates was born, Antisthenes was 8 or 9 and Critias was 23 or 24.

When Isocrates died, Aristotle was 45 or 46, Alexander the Great was 18, Epicurus was 3 or 4, Chanakya was 36 or 37 and Demosthenes was 45 or 46.

Born during Isocrates’s lifetime: Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Epicurus, Chanakya, Diogenes, Demosthenes, Mencius and Theophrastus.

Not quite contemporaries: Pindar died months before Isocrates was born, Zeno of Citium was born about a year after Isocrates died, Pharnavaz I was born about 12 years after Isocrates died and Alexander IV of Macedon was born about 15 years after Isocrates died.

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Where Isocrates’s contemporaries were born

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Isocrates. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 387 BC.

  1. Aristotle 384–322 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Alexander the Great 356–323 BC
  4. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  5. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  6. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  7. Epicurus 342–270 BC
  8. Aristophanes c. 445 – 385 BC
  9. Chanakya 375–283 BC
  10. Diogenes c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  11. Pericles 494–429 BC
  12. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  13. Demosthenes 384–322 BC
  14. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  15. Mencius c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  16. Theophrastus c. 371 – 287 BC
  17. Zhuang Zhou c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  18. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  19. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  20. Antisthenes 445–365 BC
  21. Chandragupta Maurya 340–297 BC
  22. Darius III 380–330 BC
  23. Alcibiades c. 450 – 404 BC
  24. Seleucus I Nicator 358–281 BC
  25. Phidias c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  26. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  27. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  28. Mozi 470–391 BC
  29. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  30. Qu Yuan 343–278 BC
  31. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  32. Pytheas c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  33. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  34. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  35. Roxana c. 346 – 310 BC
  36. Darius II 475–404 BC
  37. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  38. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  39. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  40. Apelles 370–306 BC
  41. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  42. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  43. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  44. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  45. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  46. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  47. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  48. Lysimachus c. 357 – 281 BC
  49. Critias 460–403 BC
  50. Lysias c. 445 – 380 BC
  51. Aeschines c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  52. Philip III of Macedon 359–317 BC
  53. Antipater 397–319 BC
  54. Aristoxenus c. 360 – c. 300 BC
  55. Agathocles of Syracuse 361–289 BC
  56. Cassander 355–296 BC
  57. Demetrius of Phalerum 350–283 BC
  58. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  59. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  60. Dionysius I of Syracuse c. 431 – 367 BC
  61. Perdiccas 365–321 BC
  62. Hippias 443–399 BC
  63. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  64. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  65. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  66. Hephaestion 356–324 BC
  67. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC
  68. Nearchus 356–300 BC