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	Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece
		The Acharnians 425 BCE [At Eserver, formerly ERIS]
		The Frogs 405 BCE [At Eserver, formerly ERIS]
		The Wasps 422 BCE [At Eserver, formerly ERIS]
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbook07.html (2710 words)

	Science Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the second millenium bce, in the Rig-Veda it was maintained the Earth was a globe and in the Yajur-Veda that the Earth circled the Sun.
		About 510 bce, Almaeon of Crotona, a member of the Pythagorean medical circle, located the seat of perception in the brain, or enkephalos, and maintained that there were passages connecting the senses to the brain, a position he was said to have arrived at by dissections of the optic nerve.
		About 440 bce, Protagoras of Abdera held that man is the measure of all things by which he meant that we only know what we perceive, not the thing perceived (Dictionary of Philosophy 1984:273).
	www.sciencetimeline.net /prehistory.htm (6591 words)

	Cynisca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cynisca was a Spartan princess who was born around 440 BCE.
		Cynisca won in the four-horse chariot race in 396 BCE and again in 392 BCE.
		In Olympia, Greece, Cynisca had an inscription written declaring that she was the only female to win the wreath in the chariot events at the Olympic Games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kyniska (218 words)

	History of Iran: Xerxes (Khashayar Shah)
		He wintered in Sardis in 481-480 BCE and thence led a combined land and sea invasion of Greece.
		Northern Greece fell to the invaders in the summer of 480 BCE, the Greek stand at Thermopylae in August of 480 BCE came to nought, and the Persian land forces marched on Athens, taking and burning the Acropolis.
		Self-enjoyment was steadily sapping the strength and vitality of the Achaemenid Empire, led to the assassination of the Great King in 465 BCE -probably upon order by one of his sons, Artaxerxes, who succeeded him-.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/xerxes/xerxes.php (480 words)

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		Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), Roman copy of the original bronze of 450-440 BCE.
		Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, probaby a Roman copy after ts original of 300-250 BCE.
		Aphrodite of Knidos, composite of two similar Roman copies after its original marble of 350 BCE.
	www.ou.edu /class/ahi1113/html/ch-04-2.htm (156 words)

	EAWC: The Complete Chronology
		Most begin their political histories as monarchies, evolve to oligarchies, are overthrown during the age of the tyrants (650-500 BCE) and eventually establish democracies in the sixth and fifth centuries.
		He is condemned to death in 399 BCE on the charges of corrupting the youth and introducing new gods into Greek thought.
		Both Epicurus (342-270 BCE) and Zeno, the Stoic (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea), believe in an individualistic and materialistic philosophy.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/index2.htm (6231 words)

	ArtLex on Steles
		Stele of the Royal Scribe Ipi, mid-14th century BCE, limestone, mineral paint, 95 x 71 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
		Magical Stela, 360-43 BCE, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, late Dynastic period, greywacke, height 32 7/8 inches (83.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
		Egypt, 203 BCE, Rosetta Stone, a slab of granite, 3 feet 9 inches x 2 feet 4 inches wide x 11 inches thick (118 x 77cm), the remains of a stele inscribed in three scripts:
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/s/stele.html (405 words)

	Olympians: Vase Representations
		On this Attic red figure hydria of the early classical period (480-40 bce), Triptolemus is seated in his chariot and Demeter pours a libation for him; to his left is Persephone, and Hekate is depicted on the right behind Demeter (London E 183).
		On this Attic fl figure hydria of the archaic period (430-520 bce) Apollo stands in the center, playing his lyre, and faces his mother Leto; Artemis is behind him, and Hermes is on the far left; Poseidon is on the far right; Toledo 1956.70.
		On this Attic red figure oinochoe of the classical period (440 bce) Apollo and Artemis are sacrificing at an altar together (Malibu 86.AE.236).
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/hesiod/cciv110.olympians.html (2319 words)

	History of Iran: Darius The Great
		With some helpers he slew the Smerdis/Gaumâta or false Bardiya in September, 522 BCE, and assumed the kingship.
		The "Great King" was forced to retreat and to face the fact that the Greek problem, which had probably seemed to the Persians a minor issue on the western extremity of the empire, would require a more concerted and massive effort.
		These plans were interrupted in 486 BCE by two events: a serious revolt in Egypt, and the death of Darius.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/darius/darius.php (590 words)

	Greek Silver coins
		Neapolis 400 - 350 BCE didrachm (6.85 gm)
		Lucania, Paestrum; æ 15, 268-89 BCE (3.57 gm.); Sextans
		Bruttium, Kroton 390-340 BCE AR Nomos (7.76 gm)
	tjbuggey.ancients.info /Greek.html (1418 words)

	Antisthenes [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Antisthenes was born in Athens about 440 BCE.
		Through your rags I see your vanity." After the death of Socrates in 399 BCE.
		Antisthenes established a school in the only gymnasium open to half-Athenian descent.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/a/antisthe.htm (618 words)

	The major world religions
		K'ung Fu Tzu (Confucius) was born in 551 BCE in the state of Lu in China.
		Taoism became a religion in 440 CE when it was adopted as a state religion.
		These years correspond to the same dates in BC and AD but by defining the current period as the "Common Era" the nomenclature attempts to treat all religions and beliefs as equal.
	www.omsakthi.org /religions.html (3373 words)

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		By the 400s BCE, the rising wealth from trade transformed the structure of Athenian society and politics.
		These laws freed all citizens made slaves by debt, canceled much of the debt held by common people, and widened the eligibility for public office to citizens of wealth, even if they were not of noble blood.
		Smaller cities were not allowed to withdraw their membership or their payments to the League treasury, which was moved to Athens under the leadership of the popular leader of the Athenian democracy in the years between 460 BCE and 430.
	www.augie.edu /dept/history/athe.htm (1252 words)

	NASA to World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths
		The following atlas of world maps show the path of every total, annular and hybrid[1] solar eclipse visible from Earth during the five millennium period -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE[2]).
		[2] BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) are secular alternatives for the terms BC and AD, respectively.
		First Millennium BCE (1000 BCE to 0001 BCE)
	sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov /eclipse/SEatlas/SEatlas.html (623 words)

	ArtLex on Marble
		The date of the Laocoön is controversial, some scholars arguing for the late second century BCE, others for c.
		100 BCE, marble, height 80 inches (2 m), Louvre.
		Statue of Marcellus (son-in-law of Emperor Augustus), 23 BCE, marble, height 71 inches (180 cm), Louvre.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/m/marble.html (1030 words)

	Greek Sculpture
		The "bronze hollow cast" figure begins as clay, a soft easily worked material that allows for extremely fine details; it is these fine details that the Greek artists sought to enhance the realism of the figure.
		The statue is marble, from c.150 bce and is 6'7" in height.
		"Athena and Alcyoneus" frieze from the Altar of Zeus at Pergamum, c.180 bce.
	www.accd.edu /sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Greek3.htm (574 words)

	Slides for lecture of October 30, 2003
		460 BC Bronze reproduction of the Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) by Polykleitos, 450-440 BCE; original identification and provenience unknown
		Bronze statue of an older warrior, found in the sea near Riace, in southern Italy, ca.
		Bronze statue of a younger warrior, found in the sea near Riace, in southern Italy, ca.
	classics.ucdavis.edu /AHI1A/20031030.html (329 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 314 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This is a matter of utmost significance for it replaces Pundravardhan (Mahasthangarh, 370 BCE) in northern Bangladesh as the oldest urban site in the region thus pushing back documented urban history.
		And, of course, Asoka who died in 238 BCE would be a couple of centuries later.
		In the meantime, very close by, two thousand five hundred years later, businessmen vanish only to be found as severed parts, women lie beaten on the streets, river waters choke as stubborn encroachment continues, parks and lakes are plundered endlessly, and citizens watch helplessly as their last bit of dignity is usurped.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/04/17/d40417150280.htm (1026 words)

	536-350 BCE - Jews Return from Exile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		More important is the second wave of immigration led by Zerubbabel the appointed governor of Judah and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak (Haggai 1:12).
		Nehemiah, the appointed governor of Judah (440 BCE), is mainly responsible for rebuilding the city.
		The Temple is finished and purified, mixed marriages dissolved and the class of scribes (experts in Mosaic Law) is given equal status with the nobility and priesthood.
	www.jerusalem-archives.org /period1/1-11.html (708 words)

	Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Full Texts
		History of the Peloponnesian War, 431 BCE [At MIT][Chapter length files]
		Virgil (70-19 BCE): The Aeneid, Dryden translation, [At MIT][Full Text][Chapter files]
		Cicero (105-43 BCE): First Oration Against Catiline 63 BCE [At Bartleby]
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbookfull.html (1304 words)

	Monuments List #2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kallikrates and Iktinos, Partheon, Acropolis, Athens, 447-438 BCE
		BCE or a Roman copy of the 1
		BCE, rebuilt 60-79 CE Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus(?), Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, c.
	www.southwestern.edu /~smithk/71-103/monuments2.html (184 words)

	HA110 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Pick one term that is unfamiliar to you and bring in a visual example of it (a photocopy of an artwork, an image in a magazine, a snapshot of your own).
		Amphora with Death of Polyphemus (and Gorgons), from grave at Eleusis, Attica, mid-7th century BCE (height 55 1/2")
		Priapus from the vestibule of the House of the Vetti, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century CE
	cat.middlebury.edu /~slides/inactive/HA110 (1109 words)

	ancientsyllbs.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Thirty Tyrants overthrown by Thracybulus (403 BCE)
		Cypselus, tyrant of Corinth (657 - 625 BCE)
		Defeat of Croesus of Lydia and Greeks in Asia Minor by Cyrus of Persia (546 BCE)
	homepages.transy.edu /~philosophy/ancientsyllbs.htm (2912 words)

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		Dying Warriors, west and east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, 480 BCE
		Apollo with Battling Lapiths and Centaurs, fragments of sculpture from the west pediment, Temple of Zeus, Olympia, 470-456 BCE (height of Apollo 10'2")
		Laocoön and his Sons, perhaps an original of the 1st century BCE or a copy of the 1st Century CE, Marble
	people.hsc.edu /faculty-staff/maryp/fa110/FA110midtermStudyPage.htm (581 words)

	Elpenor
		While drunk he fell from the roof of Circe's palace and broke his neck.
		440 BCE) the encounter between Odysseus and Elpenor's shade can be seen.
		Elpenor is slowly climbing the rocks that lead out of the underworld.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/e/elpenor.html (60 words)

	Generic ARTH 200 Page
		Plan; c.1257 B.C.E. Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, c.
		View from the east; 1300-1250 B.C.E. Plan of tomb known as Treasury of Atreus, c.
		BCE or Roman copy of the 1st c.
	www.inform.umd.edu /Caprina/classes/ARTH200Master.html (3546 words)

	Brooklyn College/Classics 0.1/The Eleusinian Mysteries: Images
		the abduction of Persephone (fresco from a tomb at Vergina, c 350 BCE)
		Demeter with torches (Attic red-figure vase attributed to the Berlin Painter, c 470 BCE)
		Demeter, Ploutos (Triptolemos?), and Persephone (relief from Eleusis, c 440 BCE; a Roman copy is in the Metropolitan Museum))
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/hansen/eleusis/eleusis-images.htm (405 words)

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		Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Praxiteles, From the Temple of Hera, Olympia (330 BCE)
		Inner Court of the King's Royal Apartments, Palace of King Minos, Knossos (1600 BCE)
		Painted Stone Sarcophagus from a Chamber-Tomb near the Palace of Hagia Triada (1400 BCE)
	eawc.evansville.edu /pictures/grpage.htm (1107 words)

	Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Young Warrior, found in the sea off Riace, Italy c.460-450 BCE
		Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, Roman copy c.300-250 BCE
		perhaps the original of the 2nd or 1st century BCE or Roman copy of the 1st century CE
	vandyck.anu.edu.au /introduction/greece/greece.html (210 words)

	Grave Stelai
		Grave stele of a youth and a little girl with finial in the form of a sphinx 530 bce Archaic Inscriptions: [on the base] "to dear Me[gakles], on his death, his father with his dear mother set [me] up as a monument."
		Stele of youth with dog holding strigil 440 bce classical Boeotian
		Grave stele erected by parents for children 430 bce Mnesagora Nikochares
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /wescourses/2001f/cciv210/01/stelai_site (161 words)

	Straight Lines
		Thought to have been invented c.1700 BCE, in or near Sinai, the acrophonic alphabet became codified (or ordered) at some point before its adaptation as a cuneiform script at Ugarit, 1400 through 1200 BCE.
		300-200 BCE, is an unsupported hunch I favor, in that such an early date makes it easier to accommodate known developments and changes in oghamic letters, sound values, and letter-order, but a first century BCE invention wouldn’t surprise me.
		500 BCE and were probably initiated by the Celts being displaced by encroaching Germanic tribes.
	www.flavinscorner.com /reviews.htm (11801 words)

	27 September 2001
		The lizard may allude to the contest between Apollo and the Python.
		Greece, 2nd half of the 5th century BCE?
		Hermes and the Cattle of Apollo (500 BCE).
	people.clarkson.edu /~ellen/lf31001/sep27.html (121 words)

	ARTH 101: Visual Imagery, Weeks V & VI
		5-11/13 "Temple of Hera", 550 BCE, Paestum, Italy
		Contrast Minoan vase decoration with that of the Geometric period in Greece.
		Gallery 208 - "Torso of a Youth", marble, 150-100 BCE, Greek, 65.23
	www.cwru.edu /artsci/arth/arth101/imagery5_6.html (292 words)

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