The Greek Period
| B.C.E. | Goddess Athena | Archeology | Literature | History |
| Geometric period | ||||
| Proto-geometric period 1050-900 |
-Altar at Samos |
-Greek colonization of Asia Minor -Recent Hittites at Sicily |
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| Ancient geometric 900-850 |
-Ancient Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea ca. ? |
-Foundation of Sparta ca 900 -Beginning of olympic-nicia list 776 |
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| Medium geometric 850-760 |
-Temple at Samos, Gortina | -Appearance of the city-state ca. 800 |
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| Recent geometric 760-700 |
-Temple of Peracora, Termo, Drero, Delphi, Delos 760-700 |
-Apogee of oral epic -Writing in 735 |
-Colonization: Punto, Italy inferior, Sicily -Foundation of Rome ca. 750 |
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| Archaic period | ||||
| Ancient Archaic 700-625 |
-Archaic Temple of Athena at Athens ca.700 -Archaic Temple of Athena at Troy ca.700 |
-Oriental style -Normal temple and great plastic -Temple of Hera at Olympia ca. 650 |
-Hesiod, Homer after 700 -Archilochus of Paros, Tirteus ca. 650 |
-The archonate takes the place of the monarchy in Athens 683
-Greeks in Egypt since 663 -Spartan oligarchy ca. 660-640 -Second Mycenaean war ca. 650 |
| Medium Archaic 625-570 |
-The Arcaic Doric Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
ca 7th cent. -The Arcaic Temple of Athena at Miletus ca 7th cent. |
-"Doric" and "Ionic" Temples -"Francois vase" ca. 570 |
-Sappho, Alcinous, Alcman ca. 600 -Estesicoro ca. 600/550 |
-Periander, Tyrant of Corinth ca. 600 -Solon laws at Athens 594 -"Holy war" by Delphi 590 |
| Recent Archaic 570-500 |
-The Temple of Athena at Phocaea
ca 2nd quarter 6th cent -The Temple of Athena Polias at Erythrae ca 1st half 6th cent -The Archaic Temple of Athena Lindia at Lindus ca 560-550 -The Temple of Athena Chalkioikos at Sparta ca 550 -The Great Doric Temple of Athena at Athens 529-520 -The Temple of Athena at Assos ca. 525 -The Doric Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi ca end 6th cent. - New Trinity at Rome composed by Jupiter, Juno and Minerva 506 |
-Apogee of Temples construction -Melting of bronze empty figures -Execias ca. 570 -Red figures style ca. 530 Kouros of Anavyssos 530 |
-Anaximandro ca. 547 -First representation of a tragedy 534 -Ibicus, Anacrontes ca. 530 -Xenophates ca. 500 |
-Pisistratus' tyranny 560-510 -Policrates, tiranus of Samos ca. 522 -Democracy at Athens 510 -Ionian rebellion 500 |
| Classical period | ||||
| Early Classical 500-450 |
-Temple of Athena Aphaea at Aegina ca.500-480 -Pre-Parthenon at Athens 488 - 480 -Xerxes sacrifices at Troy 480 -Temple of Athena at Miletus 480-450 |
-Rebuilding of the Acropolis 477-406 -Temple of Zeus at Olympia 468-458 |
-Heraclitus, Parmenides, after 500 -Works of Pindarus 498-446 -Preserved tragedies of Aeschylus 472-458 -Anaxagoras at Athens 464-458 -Euripides' first tragedy 456 |
-Battle of Marathon 490 -Battle of Salamis 480 -Battle of Plataea 479 -Aristides creates the Delian League 477 |
| Superior Classical 450-420 |
-Hephaesteum at Athens
449 -Parthenon at Athens 438 -Temple of Athena Nike at Athens 427 |
-Phidias' Zeus ca. 430 |
-Preserved tragedies of Sophocles 450-406 -Protagoras at work 450-410 -Works of Herodotus 445-425 -Aristophanes' first comedy 427 |
-30-year peace between Athens and Sparta 445 -Pericles 444-429 -Peloponnesian war 431-404 |
| Rich style 420-380 |
-Euripides' Erechtheus 406 -Works of Tucidides 430/400 |
-War of Cartage, destruction of sicilians cities 410-407 -Trial and dead of Socrates 399 |
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| Late classical 380-325 |
-The Tholos in the Shrine of Athena Pronaia at Delphi
ca 380-360 -The Newer Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi ca 370-360 -Modern Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea ca. 370 ? -Temple of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria at Athens ca. 350 - 338 -Temple of Athena at Priene ca. 340 -Alexander makes an offering at Troy 334 -Alexander makes an offering at Priene 334 |
-New Temple at Delphi 373/320 -Finishing of Epidaurus |
-Plato's Republic 367 -Xenophon 425-355 -Xenocrates 395-314 -Epicurus 341-270 -Aristotle founds the Lyceum in Athens 334 |
-Battle of Leuctras, fall of Sparta 371 -Philip II of Macedonia 359-336 -Alexander the Great 336-323 -Alexander burns Persepolis in 330 to avenge the destruction of the Acropolis in 480 |