Greek Myth Timeline

Timeline of Myths

The Heroic Age or Second Brazen Age

• 1322; Perseus kills medusa
• 1286; Hercules born
• 1271; Oedepus kills Laius the king of Thebes and marries his own mother Iocasta
• 1258-1246; The Labours of Herakles take place while Eurestheus is king of Mycenae.
• 1252; Theseus kills the Minotaur at the centre of the Labyrinth built by Daedelus.
• 1246; The 4 month long voyage of Jason and the Argonauts
• 1245; Orpheus tries to rescue Euridice from Hades
• 1243; Herakles sacks Troy and puts young Priam on the throne.

1225-1103 BC The Hellenic Wars

• 1225; The 7 against Thebes
• 1201; Helen is abducted by Paris
• 1191-1182; Trojan War
• 1181-1171; The Odyssey
• 1174-1172 Orestes is pursued by the Erinnyes

Spartan Archaic Age

• 880 Homer writes his poems.
• 683 Creon is first yearly Archon of Athens

Athenian Classical Age

• 490 The Persians are defeated at the Battle of Marathon
• 447 The Parthenon is built
• 399 Socrates is sentenced to death
• 338 Phillip II conquers Greece

Hellenistic Age

• 336 Phillip II is assassinated and Alexander III succeeds to the throne and begins his conquest of Persia