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Euripides enters the drama contest at the City Dionysia in Athens for the first time
The Athenians transfer into their own keeping the accumulated treasure of the Delian League
Pericles' power is greatly increased when he is put in charge of the funds of the Delian leaague
Empedocles states that all matter is made up of four elemental substances - earth, fire, air and water
The followers of Pythagoras maintain that the earth revolves on its own axis and moves in an orbit
The Sophists, professional philosophers, travel round Greece educating the sons of the rich
Pericles introduces payment in Athens for jury service so that no citizen is excluded by poverty
In the Peace of Kallias the Persians acknowledge the independence of Greek Ionia, and agree not to bring their fleet into the Aegean
The Athenians begin building the Parthenon, a temple to Athena, which they complete within ten years
Ictinos, the architect of the Parthenon, blends Doric and Ionic elements in a way which will later influence many other Greek temples
Phidias sculpts a huge statue of the goddess Athena, to be the central feature of the new Parthenon
An army commanded by a Spartan king turns back mysteriously during an invasion of Attica, leading to rumours that Pericles has bribed the king
Pericles negotiates a treaty, scheduled to hold for thirty years, establishing spheres of influence for Sparta (the mainland) and Athens (the Aegean coast and islands)
Pericles is selected by the assembly as the leading general of Athens, a post to which he is re-appointed every year until his death
Myron sculpts the Discus Thrower, an outstanding example of the Greek ability to suggest movement
Under Pericles, colonies and garrisons are established in strategic areas with the colonists remaining Athenian citizens
An extensive trading network, backed up by force, gives Athens control over the whole of the Aegean and the Black Sea
Pericles breaches his own Thirty Years Treaty, sending 30 triremes in support of a city state in dispute with Corinth, an ally of Sparta
Sparta demands withdrawal of the Athenian ships from the Peloponnesian coast, but Pericles will offer only independent arbitration
A sudden attack on Plataea (an ally of Athens) by Thebes (an ally of Sparta) begins the Second Peloponnesian War
The renewal of the Peloponnesian War prompts Thucydides to begin a great work of contemporary history
Phidias creates a massive statue of Zeus, covered in gold and ivory, to stand in the temple at Olympia
A plague strikes Athens in the second year of the Peloponnesian War
Pericles dies in Athens of the plague
Athenians vote to kill all the men on the captured island of Mytilene, but the next day change their mind - almost too late
