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1200 BC Oracle of Delphi
"The Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence." People came to the oracle to have their futrues told. -
776 BC The First Olympic Games
The Olympic games were a friendly cometition to honor the god Zeus. -
650 BC Sparta refounded
Sparta was unique among the Greek city-states because of the military, the wealth and food. -
570 BC Cleisthenes
"Credited with having established democracy in Athens, Cleisthenes' reforms at the end of the 6th Century BC made possible the Golden Age of Athenian civilization that would follow in the 5th Century BC." -
534 BC Thespis the First Actor
"These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in which participants would dress up in costumes and masks. Eventually, certain members of the chorus evolved to take special roles within the procession, but they were not yet actors in the way we would understand it." -
508 BC Revolution in Athens
"For two days and nights, people who they had always considered their inferiors trapped Isagoras and his Spartan allies on the Acropolis. Unprepared and overwhelmed by the united opposition against them, they were forced to agree to a humiliating truce. The Spartans left Athens, while Isagoras' allies were executed. The would-be tyrant somehow managed to escape." -
490 BC The Battle of Marathon/Thermopylae/Salaimis
"The stunning victory at Marathon gave the Athenians a new sense of their city's power and potential, but also led to overconfidence and a series of unnecessary confrontations with rival city-states." -
Homer writes
Not alot is known of the life of Homer, but as author of two of ancient Greece's most important literary works - the Iliad and the Odyssey - his importance to Greek culture can hardly be underestimated.
