Socrates · Aristophanes Were Socrates and Aristophanes alive at the same time? Yes. Socrates and Aristophanes were alive at the same time, from c. 445 BC to 399 BC. Socrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopherBorn c. 470 BC · died 399 BCAristophanesClassical Athenian comic playwrightBorn c. 445 BC · died 385 BC AeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanesDiogenes of Sinope Socrates and Aristophanes 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.