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Classical Mythology
Dr. Fredricksmeyer
Handout: Historical Background &
Overview of the Gods
Historical Background (all dates BCE)
2000-1400
1400-1200
1250
1600-1100
1100-1000
1100-
Minoan Civilization/Crete
Mycenean Civilization
Trojan War
Bronze Age
Dorian Invasion
Iron Age
1100-750
750-479
510
490-80
490
480
480
479-404
“Dark Ages” (of Greece)
Archaic Period
Cleisthenes/Athenian democracy
Persian Wars: Greeks vs. Darius (490), Xerxes (480)
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae/Leonidas
Battle of Salamis
Classical Greece
Athenian navy vs. Spartan infantry (Peloponnesus)
ca. 450-30
Pericles/Golden Age
Parthenon
Greek Tragedy, philosophy, etc.
Peloponnesian War
Athenian Plague
Sicilian Expedition
Athens surrenders
431-404
430
415
404
Olympic Pantheon
Zeus (Jupiter)
Hera (Juno)
Poseidon (Neptune)
Demeter (also Chthonic Deity)
Athena (Minerva)
Dionysus (Bacchus)
Apollo
Artemis (Diana)
Aphrodite (Venus)
Hermes (Mercury)
Ares ((Mars)
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Chthonic Divinities
Hades (Pluto)
Demeter (Ceres)
Persephone (Proserpina)
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