Who Was Alive

Herodotus

Greek historian and geographer

Born c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Herodotus?

  1. Xenophanes
  2. Aeschylus
  3. Xerxes I
  4. Pindar
  5. Parmenides
  6. Anaxagoras
  7. Sophocles
  8. Empedocles
  9. Pericles
  10. Protagoras
  11. Zeno of Elea
  12. Herodotus
  13. Socrates
  14. Hippocrates
  15. Aristophanes
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Born during Herodotus’s lifetime: Socrates, Hippocrates and Aristophanes.

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