A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES OF GREEK HISTORY,
FROM THE FIRST OLYMPIAD, B.C. 776, TO THE FALL OF CORINTH, B. C. l4&
B.C. B. C.
776 Coroebus the Elean gains the victory in the 708 Tarentum founded by the Lacedaemonian
foot race at the Olympic games. The Parthenii, under Phalanthus.
Olympic games were instituted by Iphitus Thasos and Parium on the Propontis founded
the Elean about B. C. 884, but the Olym- by the Parians.
piads were not employed as a chronological Archilochus, of Paros, the Iambic poet,
aera till the victory of Coroebus. accompanied the colony to Thasos, being
775 Arctinus of Miletus, the Cyclic poet, then in the flower of his age.
flourished. 693 Simonides of Amorgos, the lyric poet,
774 Pandosia and Metapontum, in Italy, founded. flourished.
765 Cinaethon of Lacedaemon, the Cyclic Glaucus of Chios, a statuary in metal,
poet, flourished. flourished. He was distinguished as the
761 Eumelus flourished. inventor of the art of soldering metals.
753 Antimachus of Teos flourished. 690 Foundation of Gela in Sicily, and of Phaselis
750 Miletus at the height of its power. Many in Pamphylia.
of its colonies founded about this time or 687 The empire of the Medes is computed by
a little later. Herodotus to commence from this date,
748 Pheidon, tyrant of Argos, celebrates the 8th the 23rd year of their independence. It
Olymlpic games. He introduced copper lasted 128 years, and terminated in B.C.
and silver coinage, and a new scale of 559.
weights and measures, throughout the Pe- Archilochus flourished. See B. C. 708.
loponnesus. 685 The beginning of the second Messenian war
745 The first annual Prytanis at Corinth, 90 683 First annual Archon at Athens.
years before the reign of Cypselus. Tyrtaeus, the Athenian poet, came to
744 Eumelus of Corinth, the Cyclic poet, Sparta after the first success of the Mesflourished. senians, and by his martial songs roused
743 The beginning of the first war between the the fainting courage of the LacedaemoMessenians and the Lacedaemonians. nians.
736 Callinus of Ephesus, the earliest Greek 678 Ardys, king of Lydia, succeeded Gyges.
elegiac poet, flourished. 675 Foundation of Cyzicus by the Megarians.
735 Naxos, in Sicily, founded by the Chalcidians 674 Foundation of Chalcedon by the Megarians.
of Euboea. 672 The Pisatae, led by Pantaleon, revolt from
734 Syracuse founded by Archias of Corinth. the Eleans, and espouse the cause of the
730 Leontium and Catana, in Sicily, founded. Messenians.,
728 Megara Hyblaea, in Sicily, founded. Alcman, a native of Sardis in Lydia, and
Philolaus of Corinth, the Theban law- the chief lyric poet of Sparta, flourished.
giver, flourished. 670 Psammetichus, king of Egypt, begins to
723 End of the first Messenian war. The Mes- reign.
senians were obliged to submit after the 669 The Argives defeat the Lacedaemonians at
capture of Ithome, and to pay a heavy Hysiae.
tribute to the Lacedaemonians. 668 End of the second Messenian war according
721 Sybaris, in Italy, founded by the Achaeans. to Pausanias.
718 War between the Lacedaemonians and Ar- 665 Thaletas of Crete, the lyric poet anod
gives. musician, flourished.
716 Gyges begins to reign in Lydia. This dy- 664 A sea-fight between the Corinthians and
nasty reigned, according to Herodotus, Corcyraeans, the most ancient sea-fight
160 years, and terminated B.C. 546 by recorded.
the fall of Croesus. 662 Zaleucus the law-giver in Locri Epizephyrii
712 Astacus founded by the Megarians. flourished.
Callinus of Ephesus flourished. 657 Byzantium founded by the Megarians.
710 Croton or Crotona, in Italy, founded by the 656 Phraortes, king of Media, succeeds DeYoces.
Achaeans. Soon after the foundation of 655 The Bacchiadae expelled from Corinth.
Croton the Ozolian Locrians founded the Cypselus begins to reign. He reigned 30
Epizephyrian Locri in Italy. years.
709 Defoces begins *to reign in Media. The 654 Foundation of Acanthus, Stagira, Abdera,
Medes revolted from the Assyrians after and Lampsacus.
the death of Sennacherib in B.C. 711. 651 Birth of Pittacus according to Suidas.
The Assyrians according to -Ierodotus had 648 Himera in Sicily founded.
governed Upper Asia for 520 years. This 647 Peisander, the epic poet, of Cameirus in
account gives B.C. 710 + 520 = B.C. 1230 Rhodes, flourished.
for the commencement of the Assyrian 644 Pantaleon, king of Pisa, celebrates the
dominion. The Median kings reigned Olympic games.
150 years. See B.C. 687 and 559. Terpander flourished.