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776 BCE
Olympics
The Olympics were a series of sports that started in 776 B.C. and they were supposed to honor the Greek god, Zeus. People who would watch the Olympics would watch on a nearby hill. -
500 BCE
The Athenians start their democracy
It took the Athenians over decades to start their democracy. They went from Monarchy to Aristocracy and so on. It was a very long process -
485 BCE
Euripides
Euripides was a playwright who wrote around 80-90 plays, but he had earned less awards. He was very popular with Athenian audiences. -
478 BCE
The Delian League
The Delian League was an alliance that the Greeks city-states had. The purpose of the Delian League was to protect the Greek city-states from the Persians if they ever tried to invade them. -
456 BCE
Aeschylus
He was born around 525 B.C. and he wrote a play about the Persian Wars in 474 B.C. that was sponsored. He is also famous for the famous trilogy, ¨The Oresteia¨. He wrote more than 80 plays, but only 7 survived. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was a war fought by the Delian League, which was led by Athens. They fought against the Peloponnesian League, which was led by Sparta. Sparta won the war because the spartans burned Athens crops so they would eventually run out of supplies. This was smart so then the Athenians would have to come out of their kingdom and find supplies. Athens raids Sicily after Pericles dies. It failed and they retreat. Once their back, Sparta invades and they win the battle. -
406 BCE
Sophocles
Sophocles played a leading role in plays about the victory over the Persians in Salamis. He started writing plays and became Aeschylus´ rival, but he was 30 years younger. He was famous for writing the play ¨Oedipus the King¨. -
399 BCE
Socrates
Socrates was a philosopher who was born in Athens. He fought in the Peloponnesian War. He believed that everything came from air. Socrates died because people got annoyed at him because they thought that he was pointing out their faults. He was forced to drink Hemlock, which is a type of poison. -
323 BCE
The Hellenistic Period
The Hellenistic Period was the time after Alexander The Great died. During this time, the Greeks wanted to spread their culture. It ended in 30 B.C. -
48 BCE
Alexandria
Alexandria is located in Egypt, but was the model Greek town. King Ptolemy ruled Alexandria and began a library that would be envied by all in the region. The library contained over 200,000 scrolls, but then got over 700,000. It was destroyed by a series of robberies, fires, and lots of invasions.
