Who Was Alive

Were Socrates and Isocrates alive at the same time?

Yes. Socrates and Isocrates were alive at the same time for 36 or 37 years, from 436 BC to 399 BC.

Isocrates was 36 or 37 when Socrates died.

Socrates

Socrates

Athenian philosopher

Born c. 470 BC · died 399 BC

Isocrates

Isocrates

Athenian writer

Born 436 BC · died August 338 BC, aged 97 or 98

  1. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  2. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  3. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  4. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  5. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  6. Aristophanes, c. 445 – 385 BC
  7. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  8. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  9. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC

Socrates and Isocrates in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Events both lived through

Where Socrates and Isocrates were born

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