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... of the Ichneutae (Investigators), a satiric drama discovered on papyrus in Egypt about the turn of the 20th century. Of the surviving tragedies the earliest is thought to be Ajax (circa 451-444 BC). Next probably are Antigone and Trachiniae (after 441). Oedipus Tyrannus and Electra date from 430 to 415 BC. Philoctetes is known to date from 409 BC. All seven ... ...
... Spartan hands. Athens ensured Sparta did not have control of Delphi. Athenian foreign policy continually evolved, as the various treaties indicate. Hornblower explains that the truce made with Sparta in 451 "need not have been motivated by more that a commonsense desire to deal with enemies one by one."" Hornblower acknowledges that a peace may have been made with Persia in 439. Plutarch ... ...
... in the hands of all citizens under the rule of law. Assembly's made the laws, the Council of 500 executed them, and popular courts judged those who broke them. About 451 a law restricting Athenian citizenship to the people who are of Athenian parentage on both sides was passed with Pericles' support. About this time the war with Persia finally ended. The ... ...
