Pindar · Sophocles Were Pindar and Sophocles alive at the same time? Yes. Pindar and Sophocles were alive at the same time, from c. 496 BC to 437 BC. Pindar5th-century BC Greek lyric poetBorn 517 BC · died 437 BCSophoclesAncient Greek playwrightBorn c. 496 BC · died c. 406 BC ConfuciusAeschylusPindarSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocrates Pindar and Sophocles 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.