36 x 24 in Poster of the Ancient Greeks
Summary
Map of Greece with the Empire of Alexander - 334-323 BC
The Philosophers - Plato, Socrates and Aristotle
Architecture Summary and Types of Columns
The Parthenon -Temple of Athenian Acropolis - Dedicated to the Goddess Athena - 447-438 BCE
Ionic
Corinthian
Doric
Theatre
The Arts
Statues & Artifacts Displayed
Kouros (Youth) - 590 -580 BC
Discus-Thrower (Discobolus) 5th Century BC Roman Copy from 470-440 BC
Socrates - 469-399 BC
Plato - 428 -348 BC
Alexander the Great - 356-323 BC
Aristotle - 384-322 BC
Venus De Milo - 150BC - 100BC
Red-Figure Potter
Archaic Period (750-480 BCE)
First Olympic Games - 776BCE
Birth of Pythagoras - 570 BCE
Systems of Coins, Weights, and Measures introduced to Athens - 594 BCE
Emergence of Red-Figure Pottery in Athens - 525 BCE
Democracy Constitution Established - 508 BCE
Persian Wars - 497-479 BCE
Athens Begins Building Navy - 483 BCE
Classical Period (480-323 BCE)
Persians Burn the Acropolis - 480 BCE
Greeks Defeat Persian Army - 479 BCE
Re-Construction of the Acropolis and the Parthenon - 449 BCE
Peace Treaty Between Athens and Sparta - 446 BCE
Temple of Athena Nike is built - 420 BCE
Athenians Resume Hostilities Spartans Defeat Athens at Mantinea - 418 BCE
Aristophanes Produces Lysistrata - 411 BCE
Athens Surrenders to Sparta - 404 BCE
Hellenistic Period (323-146 BCE)
Alexander Invades Egypt Alexandria Founded in Egypt - 331 BCE
Death of Alexander the Great - 323 BCE
Aristotle Dies - 322 BCE
Archimedes Born in Syracuse - 287 BCE
Invasion of Greece by Gauls - 279 BCE
Gauls Defeated by King Attalus I - 238 BCE
Greco-Roman (146 - 30 BCE)
Roman Invasion of Greece - 143 BCE
Romans sack Athens (L. Cornelius Sulla) - 86 BCE
Death of Cleopatra - 30 BCE
