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    B.C.E. Goddess Athena Archeology Literature History
    Geometric period



    Proto-geometric period 
     1050-900
      -Altar at Samos   -Greek colonization of Asia Minor 
    -Recent Hittites at Sicily
    Ancient geometric 
     900-850
    -Ancient Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea ca. ?     -Foundation of Sparta 
     ca 900 
    -Beginning of olympic-nicia list 776
    Medium geometric 
     850-760
      -Temple at Samos, Gortina   -Appearance of the city-state 
     ca. 800
    Recent geometric 
     760-700

    -Temple of Peracora, Termo, Drero, Delphi, Delos 
     760-700
    -Apogee of oral epic 
    -Writing in 735
    -Colonization: Punto, Italy inferior, Sicily 
    -Foundation of Rome 
     ca. 750
    Archaic period



    Ancient Archaic 
     700-625
    -Archaic Temple of Athena at Athens ca.700 
    -Archaic Temple of Athena at Troy ca.700
    -Oriental style 
    -Normal temple and great plastic 
    -Temple of Hera at Olympia 
     ca. 650 
    -Hesiod, Homer 
     after 700 
    -Archilochus of Paros, Tirteus ca. 650
    -The archonate takes the place of the monarchy in Athens 683 
    -Greeks in Egypt since 663 
    -Spartan oligarchy 
     ca. 660-640 
    -Second Mycenaean war 
     ca. 650
    Medium Archaic 
     625-570
    -The Arcaic Doric Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
     ca 7th cent. 
    -The Arcaic Temple of Athena at Miletus
     ca 7th cent.

    -"Doric" and "Ionic" Temples 
    -"Francois vase" 
     ca. 570
    -Sappho, Alcinous, Alcman 
     ca. 600 
    -Estesicoro 
     ca. 600/550
    -Periander, Tyrant of Corinth 
     ca. 600 
    -Solon laws at Athens 594 
    -"Holy war" by Delphi 590
    Recent Archaic 
     570-500
    -The Temple of Athena at Phocaea
     ca 2nd quarter 6th cent
    -The Temple of Athena Polias at Erythrae
     ca 1st half 6th cent
    -The Archaic Temple of Athena Lindia at Lindus
     ca 560-550 
    -The Temple of Athena Chalkioikos at Sparta
     ca 550
    -The Great Doric Temple of Athena at Athens
     529-520 
    -The Temple of Athena at Assos
     ca. 525
    -The Doric Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
     ca end 6th cent.
    - New Trinity at Rome composed by Jupiter, Juno and Minerva 
     506
    -Apogee of Temples construction 
    -Melting of bronze empty figures 
    -Execias ca. 570 
    -Red figures style 
     ca. 530 
    Kouros of Anavyssos 530
    -Anaximandro 
     ca. 547 
    -First representation of a tragedy 534 
    -Ibicus, Anacrontes 
     ca. 530 
    -Xenophates 
     ca. 500
    -Pisistratus' tyranny 
     560-510 
    -Policrates, tiranus of Samos 
     ca. 522 
    -Democracy at Athens 510 
    -Ionian rebellion 
     500
    Classical period



    Early Classical 
     500-450
    -Temple of Athena Aphaea at Aegina ca.500-480
    -Pre-Partenon at Athens
     488 - 480 
    -Xerxes sacrifices at Troy 480
    -Temple of Athena at Miletus 480-450

    -Rebuilding of the Acropolis 
     477-406 
    -Temple of Zeus at Olympia 
     468-458
    -Heraclitus, Parmenides, after 500 
    -Works of Pindarus 
     498-446 
    -Preserved tragedies of 
    Aeschylus 472-458 
    -Anaxagoras at Athens 464-458 
    -Euripides' first tragedy 
     456
    -Battle of Marathon 490 
    -Battle of Salamis 
     480 
    -Battle of Plataea 
     479 
    -Aristides creates the Delian League 477
    Superior Classical 
     450-420
    -Hephaesteum at Athens 449 
    -Parthenon at Athens 438 
    -Temple of Athena Nike at Athens 427

    -Phidias' Zeus 
     ca. 430
    -Preserved tragedies of 
    Sophocles 450-406 
    -Protagoras at work 450-410 
    -Works of Herodotus  445-425 
    -Aristophanes' first comedy 
     427
    -30-year peace between Athens and Sparta 445 
    -Pericles 444-429 
    -Peloponnesian war 431-404
    Rich style 
     420-380

      -Euripides' 
    Erechtheus 406 
    -Works of Tucidides  430/400 
    -War of Cartage, destruction of sicilians cities 
     410-407 
    -Trial and dead of Socrates 399
    Late classical 
     380-325
    -The Tholos in the Shrine of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
     ca 380-360
    -The Newer Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
     ca 370-360
    -Modern Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea ca. 370 ?
    -Temple of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria at Athens ca. 
     350 - 338 
    -Temple of Athena at Priene ca. 340 
    -Alexander makes an offering at Troy 334 
    -Alexander makes an offering at Priene 334 

    -New Temple at Delphi 373/320 
    -Finishing of Epidaurus
    -Plato's Republic 367 
    -Xenophon 
     425-355 
    -Xenocrates 
     395-314 
    -Epicurus 
     341-270 
    -Aristotle founds the Lyceum in Athens 334
    -Battle of Leuctras, fall of Sparta  371 
    -Philip II of Macedonia 
     359-336 
    -Alexander the Great 
     336-323 
    -Alexander burns Persepolis in 330 to avenge the destruction of the Acropolis in 480

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