13 events with tag "Athens"
534 BC
ID: 5949
First tragedy performed at Dionysia - Thespis wins contest, theater born from Dionysian worship, goat sacrifice gives 'tragedy' (goat-song)
ID: 5949
508 BC
ID: 225
Cleisthenes establishes Athenian democracy - creates 10 tribes, Council of 500, ostracism to prevent tyranny
ID: 225
500 BC
ID: 5319
Laurion silver strike saves Athens - rich vein discovered, Themistocles convinces assembly to build 200 warships instead of distributing windfall
ID: 5319
478 BC
ID: 236
Delian League founded - Athens leads alliance against Persia, beginning of Athenian Empire
ID: 236
447 BC
ID: 241
Parthenon construction begins - Phidias oversees sculptures, pinnacle of Classical architecture
ID: 241
430 BC
ID: 247
Great Plague of Athens - kills 1/3 of population, possibly typhoid, Pericles loses sons
ID: 247
430 BC
ID: 3694
Plague of Athens - kills 1/3 of population including Pericles, possibly typhoid fever
ID: 3694
420 BC
ID: 250
Socrates at height of influence - questioning youth in agora, 'unexamined life not worth living'
ID: 250
411 BC
ID: 256
Oligarchic coup in Athens - Four Hundred seize power, democracy temporarily overthrown
ID: 256
403 BC
ID: 278
Athenian democracy restored - Thirty Tyrants overthrown, general amnesty prevents cycle of vengeance
ID: 278
400 BC
ID: 5416
Athenian wine laws - symposiarch controls mixing ratios (usually 3:1 water to wine), unmixed wine considered barbaric
ID: 5416
86 BC
ID: 2682
Sulla besieges Athens - massacres population, blood flows to city gates, cultural treasures looted
ID: 2682
720
ID: 4161
St. Giles born in Athens - becomes hermit in France, fed by doe's milk, wounded by arrow meant for doe
ID: 4161