Who Was Alive

Were Xenophanes and Herodotus alive at the same time?

Yes. Xenophanes and Herodotus were alive at the same time, from c. 484 BC to c. 478 BC.

Xenophanes

Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher

Born 570 BC · died c. 478 BC

Herodotus

Greek historian and geographer

Born c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC

  1. Aesop
  2. Xenophanes
  3. Confucius
  4. Aeschylus
  5. Sophocles
  6. Herodotus
  7. Socrates
  8. Hippocrates
  9. Aristophanes
Xenophanes and Herodotus 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.