Sophocles · Hippocrates Were Sophocles and Hippocrates alive at the same time? Yes. Sophocles and Hippocrates were alive at the same time, from c. 460 BC to c. 406 BC. SophoclesAncient Greek playwrightBorn c. 496 BC · died c. 406 BCHippocratesGreek physicianBorn c. 460 BC · died c. 370 BC ConfuciusAeschylusSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristotle Sophocles and Hippocrates 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.