Panhellenic Festivals and Religious Cults in Classical Greece (c. 480–323 BCE)

1. Greek victory at Plataea reshapes sanctuaries’ role

   Jan 1, 479 BCELabels: Plataea victory, Olympia sanctuary, Delphi sanctuary

   • Britannica

2. Temple of Zeus construction begins at Olympia

   Jan 1, 470 BCELabels: Temple of, Olympia sanctuary

   • Olympia Greece
   • Olympia Museum

3. Temple of Zeus at Olympia completed

   Jan 1, 456 BCELabels: Temple of, Zeus Olympios

   • Olympia Museum
   • Olympia Greece

4. Phidias dedicates the Statue of Zeus at Olympia

   Jan 1, 430 BCELabels: Phidias, Statue of

   • WHE
   • Greek News

5. Nike of Paionios dedicated at Olympia

   Jan 1, 425 BCELabels: Nike of, Paionios of

   • Axon
   • Cambridge MCA

6. Peace of Nicias publicized at Panhellenic sanctuaries

   Jan 1, 421 BCELabels: Peace of, Olympia sanctuary, Delphi sanctuary

   • Britannica
   • Livius

7. Erechtheion construction begins amid cult consolidation

   Jan 1, 421 BCELabels: Erechtheion, Athenian Acropolis

   • Britannica
   • Erechtheion

8. Delphi’s Temple of Apollo destroyed by earthquake

   Jan 1, 373 BCELabels: Temple of, Delphi sanctuary

   • Delphi Culture

9. Third Sacred War begins with seizure of Delphi

   Jan 1, 356 BCELabels: Third Sacred, Delphi sanctuary

   • Third Sacred War
   • History of War

10. Delphi’s Temple of Apollo reconstruction resumes

    Jan 1, 343 BCELabels: Temple of, Delphi reconstruction

    • Delphi Culture

11. Fourth Sacred War sparked by Amphissa’s impiety charge

    Jan 1, 339 BCELabels: Fourth Sacred, Amphissa

    • Britannica
    • Chaeronea

12. Philip II defeats allied Greeks at Chaeronea

    Jan 1, 338 BCELabels: Philip II, Battle of

    • Chaeronea
    • Britannica

13. Alexander’s Exiles Decree proclaimed at Olympia

    Jan 1, 324 BCELabels: Alexander the, Olympic proclamation

    • Livius
    • Nicanor