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HIS AGE AND SURROUNDINGS.
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| 438 | Completion of the Parthenon. Euripides' Alcestis. | ||
| 85.3 | Sophocles appointed Strategus.
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| 437 | Foundation of Amphipolis. | Commencement of the Propylæa by Mnesicles. | |
| 85.4 | Law restraining comedy. | ||
| 436 | Pheidias at Olympia. | ||
| 86.1 | Birth of Isocrates. | ||
| * | Cratinus gains a victory in comedy. | ||
| 434 | Quarrel of Corinth and Corcyra about Epidamnos. | ||
| 86.3 | |||
| 433 | |||
| 86.4 | Alliances of Corcyra and Rhegium with Athens. | Meton invents a sun-cloxk, and reforms the calendar at Athens. | |
| 432 | The Chalcidice revolts from Athens. | Anaxagoras prosecuted for impiety. | |
| 87.1 | Siege of Potidæa by Phormion. Preparations for war between Athens and Sparta. |
Death of Phidias. | |
| 431 | Peloponnesian War. Attacks on Pericles' friends and party. |
Anaxagoras leaves Athens. Hippocrates prominent. | |
| 87.2 | First invasion of Attica by Peloponnesians. | Euripides' Medea (third prize). Pericles' funeral oration. | |
| 430 | The plague at Athens. Second invasion. |
Attacks of Hermippus (the comic poet) on Pericles. | |
| 87.3 | Deposing and reinstatement of Pericles. Athenian mission to Susa. |
