Sophocles · Aristophanes Were Sophocles and Aristophanes alive at the same time? Yes. Sophocles and Aristophanes were alive at the same time, from c. 445 BC to c. 406 BC. SophoclesAncient Greek playwrightBorn c. 496 BC · died c. 406 BCAristophanesClassical Athenian comic playwrightBorn c. 445 BC · died 385 BC ConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanesDiogenes of Sinope Sophocles 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.