Pericles · Socrates Were Pericles and Socrates alive at the same time? Yes. Pericles and Socrates were alive at the same time, from c. 470 BC to 429 BC. PericlesAthenian statesman, orator and generalBorn 494 BC · died 429 BCSocrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopherBorn c. 470 BC · died 399 BC ConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesPericlesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Pericles and Socrates 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.