| Date |
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Event |
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Literature |
| 776 B.C. |
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First Olympic Games. |
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| 750 |
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Homer |
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Semonides |
| 700 |
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Hesiod |
| 687 |
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Kingdom of Lydia founded by Gyges. |
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| 655-585 |
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Tyranny at Corinth |
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| 620-570 |
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Tyranny at Mytilene: Pittacus, Alcaeus, Myrsilus. |
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Sappho and Alcaeus |
| 610 |
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War between Lesbos and Athenian colonists at Sigeum. |
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| 610-560 |
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Alyattes king of Lydia. |
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| 595 |
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Earliest Greek coins minted. |
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| 594/3 |
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Solon codifies Athenian law and makes constitutional reforms which lay down the foundation of the democratic state. |
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Solon |
| 582-573 |
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Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Games established. |
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| 572 |
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Marriage contest for Agariste, daughter of Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon. |
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| 561-510 |
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Tyranny at Athens. |
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Anacreon |
| 508/7 |
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Cleisthenes makes further democratic reforms at Athens. |
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Myrtis |
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Corinna |
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Pindar |
| 490 |
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First Persian expedition against Greece defeated at the battle of Marathon. |
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| 480/79 |
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Second Persian invasion, again defeated. |
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Herodotus |
| 461 |
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Ephialtes makes radical democratic reforms at Athens. |
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Tragedy at Athens: |
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Aeschylus |
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Sophocles |
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Euripides |
| 451 |
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Pericles’ law at Athens restricting citizenship to men whose parents are both Athenian. |
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Praxilla |
| 431-404 |
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Second Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. |
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Aristophanes |
| 411-410 and 404 |
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Right-wing revolutions at Athens overthrow the democracy and establish an oligarchy. |
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Plato |
| 399 |
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Socrates executed at Athens by the restored democracy. |
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| 343 |
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Aristotle at Macedon as tutor to Alexander. |
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Aristotle |
| 338 |
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Athens defeated by Philip of Macedon. |
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| 336 |
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Alexander becomes king of Macedon. |
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