Religious Figures in Athens

The atlas holds 4 people and 9 moments here, from 480 BC to 66. The most recorded lives are Sophocles, Cicero and Paul the Apostle.

Notable people

1. Sophocles

   from 480 BC to 406 BC

   4 moments here

   Ancient Athenian tragic playwright, probably born at Colonus in Attica and active chiefly in Athens.…

2. Cicero

   from 79 BC to 50 BC

   3 moments here

   Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman lawyer, orator, philosopher, consul, provincial governor, and defender of the late Republic.…

3. Paul the Apostle

   in 50

   1 moment here

   Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…

4. Plutarch

   in 66

   1 moment here

   Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…

Moments

1. 480 BC Victory paean after Salamis Sophocles
2. 468 BC First Dionysia victory Sophocles
3. 420 BC Reception of Asclepius at his house Sophocles
4. 406 BC Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon Sophocles
5. 79 BC Studies philosophy at Athens Cicero
6. 51 BC Arrives in Athens en route to Cilicia Cicero
7. 50 BC Visits Athens on return from Cilicia Cicero
8. 50 Preaching and Areopagus appearance at Athens Paul the Apostle
9. 66 Studies under Ammonius Plutarch

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