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Phidias
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Phidias

Athenian sculptor and painter

Born c. 500 BC · died c. 430 BC
Also known as Pheidias, The Great Pheidias, Fidias

Who was alive at the same time as Phidias?

  1. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  2. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  3. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  4. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  5. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  6. Themistocles, 524–459 BC
  7. Pāṇini, c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  8. Xerxes I, 519–465 BC
  9. Pindar, 517–437 BC
  10. Parmenides, c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  11. Phidias, c. 500 – c. 430 BC
  12. Anaxagoras, c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  13. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  14. Empedocles, c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  15. Pericles, 494–429 BC
  16. Protagoras, c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  17. Zeno of Elea, c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  18. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  19. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  20. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  21. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  22. Alcibiades, c. 450 – 404 BC
  23. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  24. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC

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Born during Phidias’s lifetime: Socrates, Herodotus, Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Pericles, Protagoras, Empedocles and Zeno of Elea.

Not quite contemporaries: Artaxerxes III was born about 3 years after Phidias died, Epaminondas was born about 7 years after Phidias died and Mausolus was born about 15 years after Phidias died.

What happened in Phidias’s lifetime

Where Phidias’s contemporaries were born

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The 49 best-known contemporaries

49 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Phidias. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 465 BC.

  1. Confucius c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Socrates c. 470 – 399 BC
  3. Sophocles c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Hippocrates c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  6. Aeschylus 525–456 BC
  7. Aristophanes c. 445 – 385 BC
  8. Pericles 494–429 BC
  9. Darius the Great 550–486 BC
  10. Parmenides c. 512 – c. 470 BC
  11. Anaxagoras c. 500 – c. 428 BC
  12. Protagoras c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  13. Empedocles c. 494 – c. 434 BC
  14. Pindar 517–437 BC
  15. Xenophanes 570 – c. 478 BC
  16. Zeno of Elea c. 490 – c. 425 BC
  17. Xerxes I 519–465 BC
  18. Gorgias c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  19. Antisthenes 445–365 BC
  20. Anacreon c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  21. Themistocles 524–459 BC
  22. Pāṇini c. 520 – c. 460 BC
  23. Alcibiades c. 450 – 404 BC
  24. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  25. Aristippus c. 435 – c. 360 BC
  26. Mozi 470–391 BC
  27. Simonides of Ceos 556 – c. 468 BC
  28. Aspasia c. 470 – 400 BC
  29. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  30. Darius II 475–404 BC
  31. Theognis of Megara 570–485 BC
  32. Philolaus c. 470 – c. 390 BC
  33. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  34. Miltiades c. 554 – 489 BC
  35. Polykleitos c. 490 – c. 420 BC
  36. Critias 460–403 BC
  37. Lysias c. 445 – 380 BC
  38. Śāriputra 568–484 BC
  39. Bacchylides c. 516 – c. 451 BC
  40. Aristides c. 540 – 467 BC
  41. Hippocrates of Chios c. 470 – 410 BC
  42. Bimbisara 558–491 BC
  43. Prodicus c. 460 – c. 380 BC
  44. Hippias 443–399 BC
  45. Epicharmus of Cos c. 531 – c. 440 BC
  46. Cimon 510–450 BC
  47. Callicrates c. 470 – 420 BC
  48. Atossa 550–475 BC
  49. Marcus Furius Camillus 446–365 BC