1338 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES OF S.'irdis taken by the Cimmerians in the reign of Ardys. Phraortes, king of Media, slain by the As- syrians, and succeeded by his son Cy- axares. Irruption of the Scythians into Asia, who interrupt Cyaxares in the siege of Nineveh. Cvrene in Libya founded by Battus of "^Thera. Mimnermus flourished. Foundation of Sinope by the Milesians. Sa- dyattes, king of Lydia, succeeds Ardys. Periander succeeds Cypselus at Corinth. He reigned 40 years. Arion flourished in the reign of Peri- ander. Legislation of Dracon at Athens. Attempt of Cylon to make himself master of Athens. He had been victor in the Olympic games in b.c. 640. Assisted by Theagenes, tyrant of Megara, whose daughter he had married, he seized the citadel, but was there besieged by the archon Megacles, the Alcmaeonid. Cylon and his adherents surrendered on a promise that their lives should be spared, but they were put to death. Alyattes, king of Lydia, succeeds Sadyattes. Neco, king of Egypt, succeeds Psammetichus. Peace between Alyattes, king of Lydia, and Miletus in the r2th year of the war. Pittacus overthrows the tyranny of Melan- chrus at Mytilene. Sappho, Alcaeus, and Stesichorus flou- rished. Birth of Anaximander. Scythians expelled from Asia by Cyaxares, king of Media, after holding the dominion of it for 28 years. Nineveh taken by Cyaxares. Combat between Pittacus and Phrynon the commander of the Athenians. Alcaeus fought in the wars between the Mytilenaeans and Athenians, and incurred the disgrace of leaving his shield on the field.^ Psammis, king of Egypt, succeeds Neco. Massilia in Gaul founded by the Phocaeans. Camarina in Sicily founded 1 35 years after Syracuse. Epimenides, the Cretan, came to Athens. Apries, king of Egypt, succeeds Psammis. Birth of Croesus, king of Lydia. Commencement of the Cirrhaean or Sacred War, which lasted 10 years. Legislation of Solon, who was Athenian ar- chon in this year. Anacharsis came to Athens. Cirrha taken by the Amphictyons. Arcesilaiis I., king of Cyrene, succeeds Bat- tus I. Commencement of the government of Pittacus at Mytilene. He held the supreme power for 10 years under the title of Aesymnetes. Alcaeus the poet in exile and opposed to the government of Pittacus. The conquest of the Cirrhaeans completed and the Pythian games celebrated. The seven wise men flourished. They were, according to Plato, — Thales, Pitta- 585 582 581 579 575 572 570 569 566 564 560 559 556 553 549 548 546 544 539 538 535 532 531 529 527 525 523 522 521 cus, Bias, Solon, Cleobulus, Myson, Chilon. The first four were universally acknow- ledged. Periander, whom Plato excluded, was admitted by some. Sacadas of Argos gained the prize in music in the three first Pythia, B.C. 586, 582, 578. Death of Periander. Cleisthenes of Sicyon victor in the second Pythia. Agrigentum founded. The dynasty of the Cypselidae ended. Pittacus resigns the government of Mytilene. Battus II., king of Cyrene, succeeds Arce- silaiis I. Naval empire of the Phocaeans. The war between Pisa and Elis ended by the subjection of the Pisaeans. Aesopus flourished. Accession of Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum. He reigned 16 years. Amasis, king of Egypt, succeeds Apries. Death of Pittacus 10 years after his ab- dication. The Panathenaea instituted at Athens. Eugaraon flourished. Alalia in Corsica founded by the Phocaeans. Peisistratus usurps the government of Athens. Thales is nearly eighty years of age. Ibycus of Rhegiura, the lyric poet, flourished. Cyrus begins to reign in Persia. The Me- dian empire ended. See b.c. 687. Heracleia on the Euxine founded. Anacreon begins to be distinguished. Simonides of Ceos, the lyric poet, bom. Stesichorus died. Death of Phalaris of Agrigentum. The temple at Delphi burnt. Anaximenes flourished. Sardis taken by Cyrus and the Lydian mon- archy overthrown. Kipponax, the Iambic poet, flourished. Pherecydes of Syros, the philosopher, and Theognis of Megara, the poet, flou- rished. Ibycus of Rhegium, the lyric poet, flourished. Babylon taken by Cyrus. Xenophanes of Colophon, the philo- sopher, flourished. Thespis the Athenian first exhibits tra- gedy. Polycrates becomes tyrant of Samos. The philosopher Pythagoras and the poet Anacreon flourished. All accounts make them contemporary with Polycrates. Death of Cyrus and accession of Cambyses as king of Persia. Death of Peisistratus, 33 years after his first usurpation. Cambyses conquers Aegypt in the fifth year of his reign. War of the Lacedaemonians against Poly- crates of Samos. Birth of Aeschylus. Anacreon and Simonides came to Athens in the reign of Hipparchus. Choerilusof Athens first exhibits tragedy. Polycrates of Samos put to death. Death of Cambyses, usurpation of the Magi,
