Writers of Classical Greece
The atlas holds 9 people and 51 moments here, from 510 BC to 323 BC. The most recorded lives are Plato, Socrates and Euripides.
Notable people
Plato
from 428 BC to 347 BC
18 moments here
Ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy.…
Socrates
from 469 BC to 399 BC
8 moments here
Classical Athenian philosopher known chiefly through Plato, Xenophon, Aristophanes, and later ancient testimony.…
Euripides
from 480 BC to 406 BC
6 moments here
Euripides was an Athenian tragic playwright traditionally born on Salamis around 480 BC and conventionally said to have died in Macedon around 406…
Sophocles
from 480 BC to 406 BC
5 moments here
Ancient Athenian tragic playwright, probably born at Colonus in Attica and active chiefly in Athens.…
Aeschylus
from 490 BC to 456 BC
5 moments here
Ancient Greek tragedian and soldier, born at Eleusis in Attica and active in the Persian Wars.…
Pythagoras
from 510 BC to 490 BC
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Ancient Greek philosopher and founder of the Pythagorean way of life. The surviving evidence for his biography is sparse and often contradictory;…
Epicurus
from 341 BC to 323 BC
2 moments here
Ancient Greek philosopher and founder of Epicureanism. The securely documented outline of his movements runs from his birth and upbringing on Samos…
Aristophanes
from 446 BC to 424 BC
2 moments here
Athenian comic playwright of Old Comedy. The surviving biographical record is unusually sparse: reliable evidence securely places him in Athens at…
Heraclitus
in 500 BC
2 moments here
Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher associated with Ephesus in Ionia, active around 500 BC.…
Moments
- 510 BC Departure from Croton amid anti-Pythagorean violence Pythagoras
- 510 BC Flight to Metapontum Pythagoras
- 500 BC Active philosopher of Ephesus Heraclitus
- 500 BC Deposited his book at the Artemision Heraclitus
- 490 BC Fought at Marathon Aeschylus
- 490 BC Death at Metapontum Pythagoras
- 480 BC Military service at Salamis Aeschylus
- 480 BC Birth on Salamis Euripides
- 480 BC Victory paean after Salamis Sophocles
- 479 BC Fought at Plataea Aeschylus
- 469 BC Born in the deme of Alopece Socrates
- 468 BC First Dionysia victory Sophocles
- 458 BC Final Sicilian visit to Gela Aeschylus
- 456 BC Death at Gela Aeschylus
- 455 BC First City Dionysia competition Euripides
- 446 BC Birth in Athens Aristophanes
- 440 BC Samian campaign Sophocles
- 432 BC Serves at Potidaea Socrates
- 428 BC Born in Athens Plato
- 424 BC Production of The Knights at the Lenaia Aristophanes
- 424 BC Retreats from Delium Socrates
- 422 BC Fights at Amphipolis Socrates
- 420 BC Reception of Asclepius at his house Sophocles
- 409 BC Residence in Magnesia Euripides
- 408 BC Final competition in Athens Euripides
- 408 BC Journey to Archelaus's court Euripides
- 406 BC Death in Macedon Euripides
- 406 BC Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon Sophocles
- 404 BC Summoned to the Tholos by the Thirty Socrates
- 399 BC Attends Socrates’ trial Plato
- 399 BC Appears at the Royal Stoa Socrates
- 399 BC Defends himself at trial Socrates
- 399 BC Spends his final day in the state prison Socrates
- 396 BC Studies with Euclid in Megara Plato
- 394 BC Returns to Athens Plato
- 394 BC Studies in the grove of Hecademus Plato
- 387 BC First visit to Syracuse Plato
- 387 BC Taken to Aegina and offered for sale Plato
- 387 BC Travels through southern Italy Plato
- 387 BC Visits the craters of Etna Plato
- 383 BC Establishes the Academy Plato
- 366 BC Accompanies Chabrias up the Acropolis Plato
- 366 BC Confined in the Syracusan acropolis Plato
- 366 BC Returns to tutor Dionysius II Plato
- 365 BC Reunites with Dion at the Academy Plato
- 361 BC Begins third Syracuse mission Plato
- 360 BC Removed to soldiers’ quarters Plato
- 360 BC Returns permanently to Athens Plato
- 347 BC Dies and is buried at the Academy Plato
- 341 BC Birth on Samos Epicurus