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Aeschylus & Athens

Aeschylus & Athens. ‘Dark Ages’ Archaic Period Classical Athens 700 BCE 500 458. Hesiod Aeschylus Works & Days Oresteia. development of city-states (poleis). 750 - - - - - - - - - c. 725? Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days ARCHAIC development of city-states

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Aeschylus & Athens

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  1. Aeschylus & Athens

  2. ‘Dark Ages’ Archaic Period Classical Athens 700 BCE 500 458 HesiodAeschylus Works & DaysOresteia development of city-states (poleis)

  3. 750 - - - - - - - - - c. 725? Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days ARCHAIC development of city-states 508-7 Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy 500 - - - - - - - -- 490-80 Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 463-1 Ephialtes reforms Athenian democracy 458 Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia CLASSICAL 323 - - - - - - - - -

  4. 490-80 Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 470’s rise of Athenian naval power AEGEAN

  5. 477 Athens founds the Delian League 469 Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League Naxos

  6. 477 Athens founds the Delian League 469 Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League 468 Athens defeats the Persian navy at the Eurymedon River Eurymedon

  7. An Athenian Empire

  8. The Athenian Acropolis

  9. The Athenian Acropolis

  10. Temple of Virgin Athena (“Parthenon”)

  11. NIKE Cult Statue of Virgin Athena (“Athena Parthenos”)

  12. 463-61 Rise of Ephialtes and establishment of “Periclean democracy” • court on the Areopagus (“Hill of Ares”) restricted to homicide cases • all criminal cases decided by a randomly selected jury • equal access to all political offices 458 Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia

  13. retribution

  14. deliberation

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