Socrates
c. 470–399 BCE
Athenian founder of Western moral philosophy, sentenced to death for corrupting the youth.
Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE) was a philosopher, born in Alopeke and died in Athens.
- Known as
- Philosopher
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- c. 470 BCE, Alopeke
- Died
- 399 BCE, Athens
Connections
- Teacher of Plato
Alive at the same time as Socrates
- Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
- Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Pericles c. 495–429 BCE, statesman
- Herodotus c. 484–c. 425 BCE, historian
- Euripides c. 480–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Phidias c. 480–c. 430 BCE, sculptor
- Democritus c. 460–c. 370 BCE, philosopher
- Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BCE, physician
- Thucydides c. 460–c. 400 BCE, historian
- Aristophanes c. 446–c. 386 BCE, playwright
- Plato c. 428–c. 348 BCE, philosopher
- Diogenes c. 412–323 BCE, philosopher
Portrait: Copy of Lysippos (?), Public domain.
