| 534 BC - First tragedy performed at City Dionysia in Athens | |||||
| 525/4 BC - Birth of Aeschylus | |||||
| c.518 BC - Birth of Pindar | |||||
| 496/5 BC - Birth of Sophokles | |||||
| c.487 BC - The first comedy is performed at the City Dionysia in Athens c.485 BC - Birth of Herodotus |
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| 460-430 BC - Pheidias active 460-410 BC - Polyleitos active 455-408 BC - Euripides active |
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| c.430-395 BC - Thucydides active | |||||
| 427-385 BC - Aristophanes active | |||||