Who Was Alive

Were Hippocrates and Demosthenes alive at the same time?

Yes. Hippocrates and Demosthenes were alive at the same time, from 384 BC to c. 370 BC.

Hippocrates

Greek physician

Born c. 460 BC · died c. 370 BC

Demosthenes

Classical Athenian statesman and orator

Born 384 BC · died 12 October 322 BC, aged 61 or 62

  1. Aeschylus
  2. Sophocles
  3. Herodotus
  4. Socrates
  5. Hippocrates
  6. Aristotle
  7. Demosthenes
  8. Chanakya
  9. Alexander the Great
  10. Epicurus
Hippocrates and Demosthenes 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.