Who Was Alive

Theophrastus

Greek philosopher

Born c. 371 BC · died 287 BC

Who was alive at the same time as Theophrastus?

  1. Diogenes of Sinope
  2. Aristotle
  3. Demosthenes
  4. Chanakya
  5. Mencius
  6. Theophrastus
  7. Zhuang Zhou
  8. Alexander the Great
  9. Epicurus
  10. Zeno of Citium
  11. Ashoka
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Born during Theophrastus’s lifetime: Alexander the Great, Ashoka, Epicurus and Zeno of Citium.

Not quite contemporaries: Aristophanes died 11 years before Theophrastus was born and Eratosthenes was born 10 years after Theophrastus died.

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