Pericles · Herodotus Were Pericles and Herodotus alive at the same time? Yes. Pericles and Herodotus were alive at the same time, from c. 484 BC to 429 BC. PericlesAthenian statesman, orator and generalBorn 494 BC · died 429 BCHerodotusGreek historian and geographerBorn c. 484 BC · died c. 425 BC ConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesPericlesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Pericles 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.