Who Was Alive

Were Solon and Xenophanes alive at the same time?

Yes. Solon and Xenophanes were alive at the same time, from 570 BC to c. 560 BC.

Solon

Athenian legislator

Born c. 630 BC · died c. 560 BC

Xenophanes

Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher

Born 570 BC · died c. 478 BC

  1. Nebuchadnezzar II
  2. Solon
  3. Aesop
  4. Anaximander
  5. Cyrus the Great
  6. Xenophanes
  7. Confucius
  8. Aeschylus
  9. Sophocles
  10. Herodotus
Solon and Xenophanes 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.