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The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.
The royal coat of arms of Greece under the Glücksburg dynasty, created after the restoration of King George II to the throne in 1935. The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach from 1832 to 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924 and, after being temporarily abolished in favor of the Second Hellenic Republic, again from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more ...
The name of Athens, connected to the name of its patron goddess Athena, originates from an earlier Pre-Greek language. [1] The origin myth explaining how Athens acquired this name through the legendary contest between Poseidon and Athena was described by Herodotus, [2] Apollodorus, [3] Ovid, Plutarch, [4] Pausanias and others.
(Date disputed by Jerome, Pausanias and Diodorus; this estimate is based on a reading of Diodorus' Spartan king lists and Pausanias' description of the war). 756 Kyzikus is settled by Ionians; 754 Polydorus becomes king of Sparta. 753 Athens: Office of Archon reduced to 10 years. Members of the ruling family to possess the office starting with ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Athens, Greece This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
1920, 25 October: King Alexander I dies suddenly of infection caused by the bite of a monkey of the Royal Gardens. 1920, 17 November: After the death of her grandson, Queen Olga becomes regent of Greece, until the return of her son. 1920, 19 December: Constantine I returns as King, following a plebiscite. 1921, 9–12 January: First Battle of ...
The involvement of Athens in the Ionian Revolt arose from a complex set of circumstances, beginning with the establishment of the Athenian Democracy in the late 6th century BC. [27] In 510 BC, with the aid of Cleomenes I, King of Sparta, the Athenian people had expelled Hippias, the tyrant ruler of Athens. [28]
Kings of Athens; Archons of Athens; Kings of Commagene; Kings of Epirus; Kings of Lydia; Kings of Macedonia; Attalid Kings of Pergamon; Ptolemaic dynasty; Seleucid dynasty; Kings of Sparta; Roman Emperors