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467. Death of Simonides.

466. Battle of Eurymedon.

461. Ostracism of Kimon. Ascendancy of Pericles. The Oresteian Trilogy of Æschylos.

456. Death of Æschylos. Herodotos recites his history at the Olympian Games (?)

455. Euripides appears as a writer of tragedies.

450. Anaxagoras retires from Athens after a residence of thirty years.

448. Sacred war between Delphians and Phocians.

441. Euripides gains the first prize.

440. Sophocles exhibits the Antigone, '''and is made one of the ten Athenian generals in the war with Samos. Meets Herodotos at Samos.'''

439. Sophocles returns to Athens.

432. Prosecution of Anaxagoras, Aspasia, and Pheidias.

431. Commencement of the Peloponnesian War.

430. Plague at Athens. Œdipus the King (?) Œdipus at Colonos (?)

429. Birth of Plato.

428. Death of Anaxagoras.

427. Ascendancy of Cleon. Aristophanes gains his first prize for comedy.

424. The Knights of Aristophanes.

423. The Clouds of Aristophanes.

421. Peace of Nikias.

419. The Peace of Aristophanes.

416. Tragic prize gained by Agathon.

415. Tragic prize gained by Archippos. Sicilian Expedition. Mutilation of the Hermæ busts. Banishment of Alkibiades.

413. Destruction of Athenian army and fleet in Sicily. Sophocles appointed as member of constituent committee—(.)