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Tyrants were rulers in Ancient Greek who controlled their land in a oppressive and unbound manner, they would convert the Greek government from monarchy to democracy.
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A Greek poet credited with writing the epic stories ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’. Many facts about Homer are unclear about his life.
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The First ever recorded Olympics append in Olympia in the Greek city state Elis, though the Olympics are believed to have been going for around 500 years already. The Olympics were in order to honor the Greek god Zeus.
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The Draconian law made by Draco as written law for the Athenians. He made this in response of the unjust oral law changes made by the Athenians.
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Commonly known as Darius the Great, he was the 3rd Persian king of the Achaemenid empire
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Xerxes was the son and successor of Darius I making him the 4th king of Persia
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The Athens were the first to practice democracy by creating a political system in which there was legislation and executive bills. Participation was limited to adult male citizen.
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After the Persians reconquered Ionia, they then began to plan their next moves of punishing Athens and Eretria due to their support of the Ionian revolt. Darius, the leader of the Persians used the as an opportunity to expand his western rule but fails to capture Athens.
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A battle taking place during the first Persian invasion of Greece, fought by the citizens of Athens. The battle resulted in a Greek victory though the Persians gained control of the Aegean Sea.
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Occurring during the Greco-Persian War, King Xerxes of Persia attempted to seize control of all of Greece with its second try at invasion. This invasion came as a direct follow up to their previous attempt at invading, though delayed. The Persians were once again unsuccessful with the Greeks remaining victorious.
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A Greek philosopher from Athens who is believed to been the creator of the western ethical method of thought.
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Agamemnon was the leader of the Greek army in the Trojan war in Homers ‘The Iliad’
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The Parthenon, a temple made for the goddess Athena achieves completion. Construction had begun at the peak of the Athenian Empires reign.
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A war fought between the Delian league led by Athens against Sparta, a 15 year conflict separated in 3 different phases that would eventually end in Spartan triumph
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An Athenian Philosopher, who expanded in his writing on the philosophies made by his teacher Socrates
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The catapult was a machine used for siege that would throw heavy objects with great force and distance. The Greek Dionysus invented the catapult when wanting to develop a new weapon.
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The academy was founded by Plato and named the Platonic academy, Aristotle studied there for 20 years until he went on to found his own school.
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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher taught by Plato, he is considered to be one of the greatest intellectual figures in western history. Even after the renaissance, reformation, and enlightenment, Aristotle's concepts could still be found in the concepts of western thinking.
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Philip II was the king of macedon and member of the Aegean Dynasty of Macedonian kings. He is also the father of Alexander the Great.
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Alexander III of Macedon, was born in Pella as the son of Philip II. He succeeded his father to the throne at age 20
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A Battle between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and the Greek city state alliance led by Athens and Thebes. The battle ended in a decisive Macedonian victory.
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The league of Corinth, or the Hellenic league was formed by Philip II as a federation of Greek city sates in order to facilitate the military for any future conflict with Persia.
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Pericles was a Greek statesman and also general of Athens during its golden age, more specifically during the peloponnesian wars
