Socrates · Hippocrates Were Socrates and Hippocrates alive at the same time? Yes. Socrates and Hippocrates were alive at the same time, from c. 460 BC to 399 BC. Socrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopherBorn c. 470 BC · died 399 BCHippocratesGreek physicianBorn c. 460 BC · died c. 370 BC AeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanesAristotle Socrates and Hippocrates 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.