1. Aeschylus & Athens

2. ‘Dark Ages’Archaic PeriodClassical Athens 700 BCE 500 458 Hesiod Aeschylus Works & Days Oresteia development of city-states (poleis)

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

8. 490-80Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 470’srise of Athenian naval power AEGEAN

9. 477Athens founds the Delian League 469Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League Naxos

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

11. An Athenian Empire

12. The Athenian Acropolis

14. Temple of Virgin Athena (“Parthenon”)

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

17. 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 458Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia

18. retribution

19. deliberation