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776 BCE
The Olympics
The Olympics begin.They would take place every 4 years. They held this to honor the god Zeus. -
750 BCE
The Iliad and Oddssey is made
Homer writes the lliad and Oddssey begin the two biggest famous Poems. -
621 BCE
Draco introduced new laws in Athens
Draco showed them new laws that where strict. You could be punished by death. This law was called the Draconian law. -
525 BCE
Aeschylus
He wrote about a play of the Persian war in 474 BC. He also wrote the famous trilogy The Oresteia. In all he wrote he did more than 80 plays but on 7 survived today -
496 BCE
Sophocles
He played lead roles in plays about the victory over the Persians at Salamis. He wrote plays and was Aeschylus rival. He was famous for his okays " Oedipus King" -
490 BCE
Persian War
The Persians and the Greeks fight against each other.The Greeks win, while the Persians leaves -
485 BCE
Euripides
Produced 80-90 plays but he recieved less awards. He was really popular with Athenian audiences -
445 BCE
Aristophane
His plays he would make fun of states-men like Pericles dramatists like Euripides and philosophers like Socrates. -
431 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
This war was against's Sparta and the Athens. Athens would avoid a land battle. The Athens hid behind there walls while the navy would bring them the supplies.Spartans burned all the Athens crops and farms houses and they didn't get any find because they burned all the crops.Athens try to hold on as long as they could but could not. Sparta wins while the Athens surrender -
356 BCE
Alexander The Great
He became king when he was 20. Had a army of 35,000 men and no navy. Attacked Asia Minor and conquered it. He fought the Persians for 3 years. Tried to conquer India. He got a fever and died. because of his successes he became a legend to the Greeks
