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468 BCE
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Sophocles begins career as playwright in Athens
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447 BCE
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Construction begins on the Parthenon in Athens.
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433 BCE
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Completion of the Parthenon in Athens.
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431 BCE
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Euripedes composes Medea play
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430 BCE
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First performance of Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King.
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1816
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British Museum acquires the Elgin Marbles
