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c. 1500 BCE
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c. 800 BCEThe site of Delphi first acquires a religious significance.
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c. 700 BCE
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c. 700 BCEThe site of Sounion first acquires a religious significance.
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600 BCE - 550 BCEThe Dionysia becomes a major Athenian festival in honour of Dionysos.
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c. 600 BCEThe Eleusinian Mysteries become part of the official Athenian religious calendar.
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480 BCEPersians destroy the sanctuary at Sounion.
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449 BCE
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c. 430 BCEThe cult statue of Zeus by Phidias is dedicated in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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421 BCE - 406 BCE
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c. 330 BCEThe third temple to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the earlier temple damaged by earthquake.
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c. 292 BCE - c. 280 BCEThe Colossus of Rhodes, a representation of Helios, is built in Rhodes town harbour, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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379 CETheodosius I orders the closure of all Greek pagan sites.
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393 CERoman Emperor Theodosius definitively ends all pagan Games in Greece.
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426 CEEmperor Theodosios II orders the destruction of Olympia.
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