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EURIPIDES.
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CHRONOLOGY—(continued).

OL. B.C. POLITICAL CHRONICLE. LITERARY AND ARTISTIC CHRONICLE.
464 Revolt of Thasos. Pindar's 13th Olympic Ode.
79.1 Earthquake at Sparta, and revolt of the Helots.

Third Messenian War (464–56).

Zeno of Elea "flourished."
462 Subjugation of Thasos. Pindar's 4th and 5th Pythian Odes.
79.3
461 The Attic army sent back by Sparta.
79.4 Breach between Sparta and Athens. Alliance of Athens and Argos.
460 Death of Themiostocles. Birth of Democritus, and of Hippocrates the physician.
80.1 Revolt of Egypt under Inaros.

Ephialtes' attack on the Areopagus.

Pindar's 8th Olympic Ode.
459 Banishment of Kimon. Gorgias now eminent.
80.2 Megara joins the Attic Confederacy.
458 The Athenians (under Myronides) victorious over the Corinthians. Æschylus wins the first prize with his Orestian trilogy and the Proteus.
80.3
457 Death of Panyasis.
80.4 Victory of the Spartans over Athens at Tanegra.

Murder of Ephialtes.