, Kǒng Fūzǐ, literal meaning: 'Teacher/Master Kong') (traditionally 551 BCE - 479 BCE ) , conservative Chinese sage 480 BCE Euripedes , Athenian dramatist ( Medea ; The Bacchae ). He was born on day the Battle of Salamis (see below) was waged. 1573 Michelangelo Merisi , known as Caravaggio (d.