Aeschylus · Herodotus Were Aeschylus and Herodotus alive at the same time? Yes. Aeschylus and Herodotus were alive at the same time, from c. 484 BC to 456 BC. AeschylusAncient Athenian playwrightBorn 525 BC · died 456 BCHerodotusGreek historian and geographerBorn c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC ConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Aeschylus 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.