B.C. |
|
525 |
Birth of Aeschylus. |
510 |
Expulsion of the Peisistratidae. Democratic constitution of Cleisthenes. |
500 |
Birth of Anaxagoras. |
499 |
Aeschylus exhibits his first tragedy. |
497 |
Death of Pythagoras (?) |
495 |
Birth of Sophocles. |
490 |
Battle of Marathon. |
485 |
Xerxes succeeds Dareios. |
484 |
Birth of Herodotos. Aeschylus gains the prize in tragedy. |
480 |
Athens taken by Xerxes. Battle of Salamis. Sophocles leads the chorus of victory. Birth of Euripides. |
479 |
Athens taken by Mardonios. |
477 |
Commencement of Athenian Supremacy. |
476 |
Bones of Theseus discovered in Skyros. |
472 |
The Persæ of Aeschylus. |
471 |
Birth of Thucydides. |
468 |
Sophocles gains his first victory in tragedy. The Triptolemos. Birth of Socrates. |
467 |
Death of Simonides. |
466 |
Battle of Eurymedon. |
461 |
Ostracism of Kimon. Ascendancy of Pericles. The Oresteian Trilogy of Aeschylus. |
456 |
Death of Aeschylus. Herodotos recites his history at the Olympian Games (?) |
455 |
Euripides appears as a writer of tragedies. |
450 |
Anaxagoras retires from Athens after a residence of thirty years. |
448 |
Sacred war between Delphians and Phocians. |
441 |
Euripides gains the first prize. |
440 |
Sophocles exhibits the Antigone, and is made one of the ten Athenian generals in the war with Samos. Meets Herodotos at Samos. |
439 |
Sophocles returns to Athens. |
432 |
Prosecution of Anaxagoras, Aspasia, and Pheidias. |
431 |
Commencement of the Peloponnesian War. |
430 |
Plague at Athens. Oedipus the King (?) Oedipus at Colonus (?) |
429 |
Birth of Plato. |
428 |
Death of Anaxagoras. |
427 |
Ascendency of Cleon. Aristophanes gains his first prize for comedy. |
424 |
The Knights of Aristophanes. |
423 |
The Clouds of Aristophanes. |
421 |
Peace of Nikias. |
419 |
The Peace of Aristophanes. |
416 |
Tragic prize gained by Agathon. |
415 |
Tragic prize gained by Archippos. Sicilian Expedition. Mutilation of the Hermae busts. Banishment of Alkibiades. |
413 |
Destruction of Athenian army and fleet in Sicily. Sophocles appointed as member of constituent committee. |
411 |
Revolution at Athens. Council of the Four Hundred. Sophocles assents. Recall of Alkibiades. |
409 |
The Philoctetes of Sophocles. |
406 |
Battle of Arginusae. Death of Euripides. Death of Sophocles. |
401 |
The Oedipus at Colonus reproduced (?) by the younger Sophocles. |