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The first Olympic Games began in 776 B.C. This is a pot that has a greek athlete long jumping while holding stones that help improve his jump.
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The Greek Artist Dipylon Master created the art piece in 750 B.C. His paintings were all done to show events that happened during time period such as wars and funerals
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The First Messenian War lasted from 743-742 B.C. The war was between the two Greek cities Sparta and Messenia.
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The tyrants took over Greece in 650 B.C. by Cypselus who was a tyrant in Asiatic Greece with Orthagoras.
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Draco made the first laws for Greece that would reduced arbitrary decision making with fighting in between different parties. Draco would be overthrown by his harsh demands and laws that allowed him to control the poor and rich communities. The image of Draco would represent a man with power.
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The greek coins were founded in Aegina in 600 B.C. The coins were a better way to buy and sell goods. Coins were so valuable that people would hold them in their mouths and hide them as they shop.
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The leader of Athens Cleisethenes introduced Democracy to Greece that was to rule by the people. The Democracy would only survive for twenty years in Athens but it would spread to other countries as their leadership.
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The Greek classical period lasted from 500 B.C. and would end in 300 B.C. when Alexander the Great died.
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The War was between the Greek cities Athens and Sparta from 499-449 B.C. Athens would be defeated by Sparta and become bankrupt.
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The Persian War featured Greece and Persia as there were two invasions in 490 and 480 B.C. The Greek would defeat Persia in the war. This image is a Greek Warrior that represents the defeat of Persia
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Sophocle defeated Aeschylus at a Drama festival in 468 B.C. This would propel his career into winning the most Drama festival titles in history.
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Euripides wrote his first tragedy in 455 B.C. on an island known as The Cave of Euripides just off the cost of Piraeus. Euripides would go on to get third place in his first competition and receive four victories over his lifetime.
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The temple on the Acropolis of Athens is known as Patheon. Patheon was built by Phiedes to succeed Athens as the leader of Greece.
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While Pericles lead Athens from 443-429 B.C. he would put a lot of efforts into structuring the hilltop of Acropolis such as the Patheon and Athena Nike Temple.
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The second war began 431 B.C. when Pericles convinced the people of Athenian to not fight back and to return to their homes.
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The outbreak of plague was in the summer 429 B.C. and reached Athens in 426 B.C. for less than a year. The outbreak caused a wall of blockage that would have high temperatures and no sewage and water causing people to get diseases and die.
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In the year 480 B.C. Persians invaded Athens and destroyed Acropolis and leaving the Temple of Athena Nike into pieces. The construction of the temple was not rebuilt until 420 B.C.
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The Third Tyrants opposed to kill anyone who opposed what they believed in. In 399 B.C. Socrates was killed for opposing their beliefs and staying in the city of Athens and would be in contact with people that could cause him to be harmed.
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Phillips II was the Macedonia's leader in 359 B.C. and become king in 357 B.C. While serving his country he used military skills and tactics to expand its countries territory. He was assassinated in 336 B.C. and his son Alexander The Great would become leader.
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The statute was found in 1961 near Italy. 1977 the Getty museum was awarded the statute after bidding from numerous museums and organizations. It was believed to be made in 300 B.C. in Olympia for the hometown youth athletes.
