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21H.237 THE CITY OF ATHENS IN THE AGE OF PERICLES Image courtesy of Steve Swayne. Source: Wikimedia Commons. License CC BY. Prof. Will Broadhead 1

c. 1500 BC MYCENAEAN c. 1100 BC ‘DARK AGES’ 776 BC - First Olympic Games ARCHAIC 479 BC - Battle of Plataea CLASSICAL 323 BC - Death of Alexander the Great 2

c. 600 BC ARCHAIC 480 BC - Destruction of Athens CLASSICAL 338 BC - Battle of Chaeronea 3

This image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Pericles 495 – 429 B.C. 4

Ostraka Image courtesy of Giovanni Dall'Orto. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Image courtesy of Giovanni Dall'Orto. Source: Wikimedia Commons. 5

Acropolis Image courtesy of Jack Versloot on flickr. License CC BY. 6

Theater of Dionysus, Athens Image courtesy of Stephen Thorsett on flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA. 7

The Agora Image courtesy of Paul Pela on flickr. License CC BY. 8

THE PNYX Image courtesy of Hiytel on flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA. 9

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