Anaximander · Cyrus the Great Were Anaximander and Cyrus the Great alive at the same time? Yes. Anaximander and Cyrus the Great were alive at the same time, from c. 600 BC to c. 546 BC. AnaximanderPre-Socratic Greek philosopherBorn c. 610 BC · died c. 546 BCCyrus the GreatFounder of the Achaemenid EmpireBorn c. 600 BC · died 530 BC SolonAesopAnaximanderCyrus the GreatConfuciusDarius I Anaximander and Cyrus the Great 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.