Chilon of Sparta
599 BC–519 BC
6th century BC Spartan philosopher, ephor and writer
writer · poet · politician
Born in Sparta
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Chilon of Sparta:
- Confucius (550 BC–478 BC)
- Laozi (579 BC–500 BC)
- Pythagoras (582 BC–490 BC)
- Aesop (619 BC–563 BC)
- Sun Tzu (543 BC–495 BC)
- Thales (624 BC–545 BC)
- Cyrus the Great (599 BC–529 BC)
- Sappho (650 BC–569 BC)