Who Was Alive

Were Sophocles and Gorgias alive at the same time?

Yes. Sophocles and Gorgias were alive at the same time, from 485–481 BC to c. 406 BC.

Sophocles

Sophocles

Athenian playwright

Born c. 496 BC · died c. 406 BC

Gorgias

Gorgias

Greek sophist

Born 485–481 BC · died c. 375 BC

  1. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  2. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  3. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  4. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  5. Gorgias, c. 483 – c. 375 BC
  6. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  7. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  8. Aristotle, 384–322 BC

Sophocles and Gorgias 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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Where Sophocles and Gorgias were born

Sophocles and Gorgias are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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