Archaic Greece dates

Michaelmas 1: Greek history c.650-479. Information largely from the Oxford Classical Dictionary, all dates bce unless otherwise specified

C8

Foundation of Tarentum

late C8/early C7

Hesiod active

c.700

Messenians made helots

c.720-675

Reign of Theopompus of Sparta

669/8

Argos defeats Sparta at Hysiae - Pausanias

mid C7

Semonides and Archilochus active

c.650

Tyrtaeus active - associated with second Messenian War

mid/late C7

Alcman active

Late C7/early C6

First temple to Apollo evidenced at Delphi

594/3

Solon’s archonship

582

Pythiads begin counting

c.560

Pisistratus’ first coup

c.556

Ephorate of Chilon

c.550

Lakonian bronze mirror, supported by athletic female nude

c.546

Pisistratus successfully establishes tyranny

545

Persia takes Lydia

530

Death of Cyrus

527

Death of Pisistratus

525/4

Cleisthenes archon

522

Death of Cambyses

510

Cleomenes expels Hippias, the last Peisistratid

508

Cleomenes expels Cleisthenes in favour of Isagoras

507

Cleisthenes’ reforms

499

Ionian revolt begins

493/2

Themistocles archon

490

Possible helot revolt - Plato

490

Marathon

c.450

Gortyn law code inscribed, largely at least C6 policy