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Pindar

522 BC – 437 BC

Poet, Mythographer, Writer

Pindar (; Ancient Greek: Πίνδαρος Pindaros [píndaros]; Latin: Pindarus; c. 518 BC – c. 438 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nin…

Cimon

510 BC – 450 BC

Politician, Military personnel

Cimon (c. 510 – 450 BC) was an Athenian strategos (general and admiral) and politician. He was the son of Miltiades, also an Athenian strategos. Cimon rose to…

Zechariah

6th century BC – 450 BC

Prophet

Zechariah (; Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה, romanized: Zəḵaryā; Arabic: زكريا, romanized: Zakaryā; Biblical Greek: Ζαχαρίας Latin: Zacharias) was a person in the Hebrew Bib…

Bacchylides

516 BC – 451 BC

Poet, Writer, Dithyrambic poet, Epigrammatist

Bacchylides (; Ancient Greek: Βακχυλίδης Bakkhulides; c. 518 – c. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric…

Alexander I of Macedon

— – 454 BC

Athlete

Alexander I (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; died 454 BC), also known as Alexander the Philhellene (Ancient Greek: φιλέλλην; lit. 'Supporter o…

Aeschylus

525 BC – 456 BC

Tragedy writer, Warrior, Playwright, Writer

Aeschylus (UK: , US: ; Ancient Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aischýlos; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father of tragedy.…

Themistocles

524 BC – 459 BC

Politician, Soldier

Themistocles (; Ancient Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς, Themistoklēs; c. 524 – c. 459 BC) was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocra…

Ajatashatru

5th century BC – 460 BC

Ruler, King

Ajatasattu (Pāli: Ajātasattu) or Ajatashatru (Sanskrit: Ajātaśatru, अजातशत्रु) in the Buddhist tradition, or Kunika (Kūṇika) and Kuniya (Kūṇiya) in the Jain tra…

Pāṇini

520 BC – 460 BC

Linguist, Writer, Grammarian

Panini (Sanskrit: पाणिनि; IAST: Pāṇini) was an ancient Indian Sanskrit grammarian and linguist whose masterwork, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, is the foundational text of Vyā…

Xerxes I

519 BC – 465 BC

Statesperson

Xerxes I ( ZURK-seez; from Old Iranian Xšayār̥šā, commonly known as Xerxes the Great; c. 518 BC – 465 BC) was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of…

Hiero I of Syracuse

6th century BC – 466 BC

Politician

Hiero I ( ; also Hieron ; Ancient Greek: Ἱέρων) was the son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, from 478 to 467 BC. In succeed…

Aristides

540 BC – 468 BC

Politician, Military personnel

Aristides ( ARR-ih-STY-deez; Ancient Greek: Ἀριστείδης, romanized: Aristeídēs, Attic Greek: [aristěːdɛːs]; 530–468 BC) was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nickn…

Simonides of Ceos

556 BC – 468 BC

Poet, Writer, Epigrammatist, Elegist

Simonides of Ceos (; Ancient Greek: Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria i…

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Leotychidas II

540s BC – 469 BC

Military personnel, Ruler

Leotychidas II (Ancient Greek: Λεωτυχίδας; Doric: Λατυχίδας Latychidas; c. 545 – c. 469 BC) was king of Sparta from 491–476 BC, alongside Cleomenes I and later…

Heraclitus

535 BC – 470s BC

Philosopher, Writer, Physicist

Heraclitus (; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειτος, romanized: Hērákleitos; fl. c. 500 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then pa…

Parmenides

515 BC – 470 BC

Philosopher, Writer, Poet, Legislator

Parmenides of Elea (; Ancient Greek: Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης; fl. late sixth or early fifth century BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Gra…

Atossa

550 BC – 475 BC

Consort

Atossa (Old Persian: Utauθa, or Old Iranian: Hutauθa; 550–475 BC) was an Achaemenid empress. She was the daughter of Cyrus the Great, the sister of Cambyses II…

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Hecataeus of Miletus

6th century BC – 475 BC

Geographer, Historian, Writer, Mythographer

Hecataeus of Miletus (; Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 550 – c. 476 BC), son of Hegesander, was an early Greek historian and geographer. Notable works: Genealo…

Gelon

6th century BC – 478 BC

Politician

Gelon (Ancient Greek: Γέλων; Sicilian: Jiluni, Giluni; c. 540–478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a Greek tyrant of the Sicilian cities Gela and Syracuse, first of…

Xenophanes

570 BC – 478 BC

Philosopher, Poet, Epigrammatist, Elegist, Writer, Theologian

Xenophanes of Colophon ( zuh-NOF-uh-neez; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος [ksenopʰánɛːs ho kolopʰɔ̌ːnios]; c. 570 – c. 478 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek ph…