THE CITY OF ATHENS IN THE AGE OF PERICLES

Prof. Will Broadhead

21H.237

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776 BC - First Olympic Games

479 BC - Battle of Plataea

323 BC - Death of Alexander the Great

ARCHAIC

CLASSICAL

‘DARK AGES’

MYCENAEAN

c. 1500 BC

c. 1100 BC

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480 BC - Destruction of Athens

338 BC - Battle of Chaeronea

ARCHAIC

CLASSICAL

c. 600 BC

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Pericles 495 – 429 B.C.

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Ostraka

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Acropolis

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Theater of Dionysus, Athens

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The Agora

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THE PNYX

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