Pindar · Herodotus Were Pindar and Herodotus alive at the same time? Yes. Pindar and Herodotus were alive at the same time, from c. 484 BC to 437 BC. Pindar5th-century BC Greek lyric poetBorn 517 BC · died 437 BCHerodotusGreek historian and geographerBorn c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC ConfuciusAeschylusPindarSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Pindar and Herodotus 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.