From the Beginning to Plato

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Politics and religion The arts
494 Phrynichus,
Miletus
Capture of
490 First Persian invasion: 500–440 Pindar (d.438) active
Battle of Marathon
Bacchylides active
(Aeschylus a combatant)
Simonides (d.468) active
Building of temples at
Acragas
485 Comedy added to City
Dionysia
484 Aeschylus’ first victory
480–79 Second Persian invasion:
Battles of Thermopylae,
Salamis and Plataea
c.480 Critian boy
Battle of Himera:
Carthaginian invasion of
Sicily defeated
472 Aeschylus, Persians
470 Sophocles’ first victory
468 Aeschylus, Seven Against
Thebes
c.465 Battle of Eurymedon 470–60 Painted Stoa at Athens:
paintings by Polygnotus
and others
c.463 Establishment
democracy at Syracuse
of
462/1 Ostracism of Kimon
Reforms of Ephialtes at
Athens
459–4 Athenian
Egypt
expedition to
458 Aeschylus, Oresteia
456 Death of Aeschylus
Completion of Temple of
Zeus at Olympia
454 Tranfer of treasury of
Delian League to Athens:
beginning
empire
of Athenian
Pericles elected general for
first time