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Date: 3300–30 BCE This is a table of significant events that occurred in Greek literary and cultural history. It includes the birth and death dates of prominent authors, artists, scholars, and scientists and the dates of their works. The table begins with the approximate date (750 BCE) by which the Greeks had adapted Phoenician script to create the Greek alphabet. The epic poets Homer and Hesiod are believed to have been writing shortly after this took place. The latest date on the table marks the death of the scientist Aristarchus of Samos in about 143 BCE. Since this is a relatively early date, the table does not include later Greek authors such as Plutarch (ca. 50–125 CE) or the satirist Lucian (ca. 115–ca. 180 CE). Literature: Timetable of Events (All dates are BCE.) by 750 Phoenician script was adapted to create Greek alphabet throughout the Greek world. c. 700 Homer and Hesiod active. 676–673 Terpander won a competition at the Carnea. c. 632–629 Stesichorus was born. c. 620 Alcaeus was born. c. 612 Sappho was born. c. 570 Anacreon was born. c. 557/556 Simonides was born. c. 556–553 Stesichorus died. c. 550 Hecateus of Miletus was born. 545 Anaximander died. 534 First tragedy performed at the City Dionysia in Athens. 525/524 Aeschylus was born. c. 520 Melanippides was born. 518 Pindar was born. 498 Earliest surviving poem of Pindar. c. 496 Sophocles was born. 490 Hellanicus was born. 487 First comedies were performed at the City Dionysia at Athens (contest won by Chionides). c. 485 Euripides was born. 484 First victory of Aeschylus. Herodotus was born. 476 Pindar's first Olympian Ode and Bacchylides' fifth Ode for the victory of Hieron at Olympia. 472 Aeschylus' tragedy, the Persians. 470 Pindar's first Pythian Ode. 468 Sophocles' first tragic victory (over Aeschylus). 468/467 Simonides died. 467 Seven against Thebes of Aeschylus. c. 460–455 Thucydides was born. 459 Lysias was born. 458 Aeschylus' trilogy Oresteia. c.457 Aristophanes was born. 456/455 Aeschylus died. 455 First production at the City Dionysia by Euripides. c.450 Bacchylides died. Timotheus was born. 450 Victory by Crates at the City Dionysia. c. 447 Agathon was born. 446 Pindar's last ode. Callias won first prize at the City Dionysia. c. 446 Pindar died. 441 Euripides' first victory with a tragic play. c. 441 Antigone of Sophocles. 438 Alcestis of Euripides. 436 Isocrates was born. 435 Victory by Hermippus at the City Dionysia. 435/434 Philoxenus of Cythera was born. 431 Euripides' Medea. Euphorion beat Sophocles and Euripides. c. 430 Philistus was born. c. 430/428 Children of Heracles of Euripides. 429 First play of Eupolis was produced. 428 Hippolytus of Euripides (won first prize). c. 428/427 Xenophon was born. 427 Banqueters of Aristophanes. 426 Babylonians of Aristophanes. c. 426/425 Andromache of Euripides. 425 Acharnians of Aristophanes. 424 Knights of Aristophanes. Aristomenes won first prize at the City Dionysia. c. 424 Hecuba of Euripides. 423 Clouds of Aristophanes. 422 Wasps of Aristophanes. c. 422 Suppliant Women of Euripides. Ion died. 421 Peace of Aristophanes. 420 Herodotus died. c. 420 Isaeus was born. c. 417 Electra of Euripides. Madness of Heracles of Euripides. 416 Agathon's first victory at the Lenaea. 415 Trojan Women of Euripides. 414 Birds of Aristophanes. Amphiaraus of Aristophanes. c. 414/413 Iphigeneia in Tauris of Euripides. 412 Helen of Euripides. 411 Lysistrata and Thesmophoriazusae of Aristophanes. c. 410 Ion of Euripides. 409 Philoctetes of Sophocles. c. 409 Phoenician Women of Euripides. 408 Orestes of Euripides. Wealth of Aristophanes. c. 406 Euripides died. c. 406/405 Sophocles died. 405 Frogs of Aristophanes. Hellanicus died. Bacchae of Euripides. 402/401 Victory by Telestes at Athens. 401 Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles produced posthumously. c. 401/400 Agathon died. c. 400/399 Thucydides died. 395 Thucydides' History published. c.392—c.388 Last plays of Aristophanes. c. 392 Isocrates opened a school for rhetoric at Athens. 391/390 Against the Sophists of Isocrates. c. 388 Spartan Consitution of Xenophon. c. 385 Aristophanes died. 380 Lysias died. c. 380 On Horsemanship of Xenophon. 380/379 Philoxenus of Cythera died. c. 377 Theopompus was born. c. 375 Alexis was born. c. 370 Callisthenes was born. c. 364 Hieronymus was born. c. 360 Timotheus died. 356 Philistus died. c. 356 Timaeus was born. 355 On the Peace of Isocrates. c. 354 Xenophon died. 353 Antidosis of Isocrates. c. 350 Megasthenes was born. Isaeus died. 346 Philippus of Isocrates. 342/341 Menander was born. c. 340 Douris of Samos was born. 339 Panathenaicus of Isocrates. 338 Isocrates died. 327 First victory at the Dionysia by Philemon. Callisthenes was executed by Alexander. c. 325 Zenodotus was born. 321 Orge of Menander. 320 Theopompus died. c. 320 Lycophron was born. 317/316 Dyscolus of Menander performed (won first prize). c. 315 Alexander Aetolus and Aratus were born. c. 300 Hermesianax, Theocritus and Herodas were born. c. 295 Apollonius Rhodius was born. 290 Megasthenes died. 290/289 Menander died (or 293/292). c. 280 Eratosthenes was born. c. 285 Zenodotus was first head of the Alexandria Library. c. 275 Alexis died. Rhianus was born. 270 Douris of Samos died. c. 270 Euphorion died. 260 Hieronymus of Cardia died, age 104. Timaeus died, age 96. c. 260 Theocritus died. 250 Herodas died. c. 240 Callimachus died. 240/239 Aratus died. 215 Apollonius Rhodius died. c. 215 Aristarchus of Samos was born. c. 200 Aristophanes of Byzantium became head of the Alexandria Library. c. 194 Eratosthenes died. 167 Polybius the historian arrived in Rome. 145 Aristarchus of Samos and other intellectuals fled from Alexandria on the accession of Ptolemy VIII. c. 143 Aristarchus of Samos died. (责任编辑：admin) |