Aesop · Xenophanes Were Aesop and Xenophanes alive at the same time? Yes. Aesop and Xenophanes were alive at the same time, from 570 BC to c. 564 BC. AesopAncient Greek storytellerBorn c. 620 BC · died c. 564 BCXenophanesGreek Pre-Socratic philosopherBorn 570 BC · died c. 478 BC Nebuchadnezzar IISolonAesopAnaximanderCyrus the GreatXenophanesConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesHerodotus Aesop 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.