Second Persian invasion of Greece 479 BC–478 BC

Belligerents: Athens, Sparta, Achaemenid Empire

Who lived through the Second Persian invasion of Greece

Well-known people alive during 479 BC–478 BC:

• Confucius (550 BC–478 BC) — 5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
• Sophocles (495 BC–405 BC) — ancient Greek playwright
• Herodotus (483 BC–424 BC) — Greek historian and geographer (c.484–c.425 BC)
• Euripides (480 BC–406 BC) — Classical Athenian playwright
• Aeschylus (524 BC–455 BC) — ancient Athenian playwright
• Heraclitus (534 BC–470 BC) — Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
• Pericles (493 BC–428 BC) — Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)
• Parmenides (514 BC–469 BC) — late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
• Anaxagoras (499 BC–427 BC) — 5th-century BC Greek philosopher
• Empedocles (493 BC–433 BC) — 5th century BC Greek philosopher
• Protagoras (489 BC–419 BC) — Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
• Pindar (516 BC–436 BC) — 5th-century BC Greek lyric poet
• Xenophanes (569 BC–477 BC) — Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.570–c.478 BC)
• Zeno of Elea (489 BC–424 BC) — Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
• Xerxes I (518 BC–464 BC) — The fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
• Gorgias (484 BC–374 BC) — Greek presocratic philosopher and sophist (483–375 BC)
• Themistocles (523 BC–458 BC) — Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
• Panini (519 BC–459 BC) — ancient philologist who standardized classical Sanskrit through grammatical rules
• Phidias (499 BC–429 BC) — Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
• Artaxerxes I (500 BC–423 BC) — sixth Achaemenid emperor (475–424 BC)
• Simonides of Ceos (555 BC–468 BC) — Greek lyric poet (c. 556–468 BC)
• Judah Maccabee (500 BC–) — 2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids
• Melissus of Samos (490 BC–430 BC) — 5th-century BC Greek Eleatic philosopher
• Polykleitos (489 BC–419 BC) — fifth century BCE Greek sculptor
• Zechariah (550 BC–449 BC) — biblical prophet

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