Ancient Greece/ Tragedy Timeline
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Updated: 14 Nov 2020
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Created bySophie Pereira
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Aeschylus diedOrestia Triology by AeschylusAristotle's Death
+ Democracy virtually
disappeared across GreecePersian WarFrom this period on, the
'Greek' language was definitively
formed as regional dialectsFailed invasion of mainland
Greece by King XerxesDeath of Alexander the GreatThe last unavailing attempt
by large numbers of mainland Greeks to
prevent their political subjugation by RomePredominance of hoplite warfare
in Sparta and surroundingFailed attempt of Cylon to establish a
tyrannical rule in AthensOn the back of Cylon's failed attempt
to become a tyrannical leader of Athens,
the Athenian aristocracy drew up and
published a set of lawsIn the East - a intellectual revolution
was underway
- led by Thales of MiletusAthenians and Persians signed the
Peace of CalliasSparta was forced to acquiesce to
the Peace imposed by the Persian King
Artaxerxes IISparta was defeated by the naval alliance
of Thebes and Athens after they had
began imperialist movements around
386Philip II of Macedon forms the
'League of Corinth'Alexander the Great took over his
father's mission - north and southRome announced its commitment
to Greek independence at CorinthRise of Rome recorded by
Polybius of MegalopolisHesiod's Theogony
published
Hesiod's Works and Days
publishedPrometheus Bound by
AeschylusOvid's Metamorphoses publishedThe Bacchae, EuripidiesTrojan WarSiege of CorioliIbsen, Hedda GablerTreadwell, MachinalMiller, Death of a SalesmanBeckett, Waiting for GodotChekhov, The SeagullSartre, The FliesSartre, Huis ClosPeriods
Aristophanes' comedies were performed'Mycenaean' Era
(late Bronze Age)Greek alphabet was devised
in a number of local variantsEra of 'Classical' GreecePersian WarSecond Peloponnesian War'Minoan' Era
(Bronze Age)Extended period of mass movementAfter the rule of Solon -
Pisistratus and his sons ruled,
they maintained Solon's reforms
and changed the face of Athens
- preparing the way for democracyWhile Pisistratus was settling in Athens
there was the rise of the Achaemenid Persian
empire under Cyrus the GreatDarius I ruled the Persian EmpireXerxes (son of Darius) ruled the
Persian EmpireFirst Peloponnesian WarHellenistic AgeEarly Iron Age
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