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Aeschylus & Athens ‘Dark Ages’ 700 BCE Archaic Period Classical Athens 500 Hesiod Works & Days development of city-states (poleis) 458 Aeschylus Oresteia 750 - - - - - - - development of city-states ARCHAIC 508-7 - - Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days c. 725? 500 - - Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy - - - - - - - 490-80 Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 463-1 Ephialtes reforms Athenian democracy 458 Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia CLASSICAL 323 - - - - - - - - - 490-80 Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 470’s rise of Athenian naval power AEGEAN 477 Athens founds the Delian League 469 Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League Naxos 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 An Athenian Empire The Athenian Acropolis The Athenian Acropolis Temple of Virgin Athena (“Parthenon”) NIKE Cult Statue of Virgin Athena (“Athena Parthenos”) 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 retribution deliberation