Who Was Alive

Were Sophocles and Isocrates alive at the same time?

Yes. Sophocles and Isocrates were alive at the same time, from 436 BC to c. 406 BC.

Sophocles

Sophocles

Athenian playwright

Born c. 496 BC · died c. 406 BC

Isocrates

Isocrates

Athenian writer

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

  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. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  6. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  7. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  8. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  9. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC

Sophocles 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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Where Sophocles and Isocrates were born

Sophocles and Isocrates are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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