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776 BCE
The First Olympic Games
They were held in Olympia not far from Sparta. Games include javelin throwing, long jump and Penathon. It was originally a festival for Zeus. It continued even when the Roman Empire was in place. The Spectators were free men or unmarried women sitting on the hillside. -
555 BCE
Sophocles
Sophocles played a leading role in plays about the Persians and Sulamis victory. He started writing plays but became Aeschylus's rival when he was 30 years younger than him. He is famous for his play called "Oedipus the King". -
525 BCE
Aeschylus
Aeschylus was a writer, he wrote a play about the Persian Wars in 474 B.C. He wrote the famous trilogy "The Orestia". He wrote more than 80 plays, but only 7 survived. -
485 BCE
Euripides
Euripides produced 80-90 plays, but did not receive many awards.He was very popular with Athenian audiences. -
469 BCE
Socrates
Socrates was someone who grew up in the Golden Age of Athens. He was the teacher of Plato. He mostly taught of using questions, someone would ask a question and he would answer with a question until they figured it out. -
445 BCE
Aristophanes
He made many plays, but in his plays he made fun of lots of statesmen. He made fun of people like Pericles, Euripides and many more. -
387 BCE
Plato
Plato was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. He wrote "The Dialogues" These were based off of things Plato imagined Socrates had said to other people. -
384 BCE
Aristotle
Aristotle was the student of Plato. He was born in Macedonia. He started his own school called Lyceum. He was influenced by his father and Plato. -
334 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander was a student of Aristotle. He was the son of King Philip of Macedonia. When Philip was assassinated he became king at only 20. He was a fearless fighter with very loyal troops. He had helped his father defeat many disorganized city-states and was determined to defeat the Persians. -
100 BCE
Alexandria
Alexandria was located in Egypt but was a perfect model of a Greek town. King Ptolemy ruled Alexandria at this time so he created and began a library that was envied by all in the region.It contained 200,000 scrolls!
