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HIS AGE AND SURROUNDINGS.
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| 456 | Victory of Athens over Thebes at Œnophyta. | Death of Æschylus (aged 69). | |
| 81.1 | Democracy in Bœotia. Ægina subdued. End of the Messenian War by capture of Ithome. |
Empedokles and Parmenides prominent. Myron the sculptor, rising. | |
| 455 | Death of Æschylus at Gela. | ||
| 81.2 | Euripides brings out his first play (the Peliades), but only gains third prize. | ||
| 454 | Return of Kimon. Transference of the Federal Treasury to Athens, and first assessment of tribute by the Logistæ. | Parmenides and Zeno at Athens. | |
| 81.3 | |||
| 452 | Colonisation of the Thracian Chersonese from Athens. | Pindar's 4th and 5th Olympic Odes. | |
| 82.1 | |||
| 451 | Five years' truce between Athens and Sparta. | Empedokles at Akragas. | |
| 82.2 | Ion of Chios begins to bring out tragedies. | ||
| 450 | Thirty years' peace between Argos and Sparta. | Anaxagoras leaves Athens (first time). | |
| 82.3 | |||
| 449 | Athenian expedition and victory at Cyprus. Death of Kimon. | ||
| 82.4 | |||
| 448 | Attack of the Phocians on Delphi. | Cratinus' Archilochi. | |
| 83.1 | |||
| 447 | Defeat of the Athenians at Coronea. | Archæus exhibits tragedies. | |
| 83.2 | Return and second expulsion of the Sybarites by Kiston. | ||
| 446 | Attic expedition under Lampon to restore the Sybarites. | Pindar's 8th Pythian Ode. |
