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what were two major cultural achievements of athens during its "golden age" from 480 bc to 431 bc. be specific plz!!!

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Major events in Athens during "golden age" 480 bc to 431 bc below..

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In 480BC, the Persians returned under Darius's son Xerxes.

468 BC - Sophocles begins to write plays for the theatre. Soon the theater becomes a very popular form of entertainment in Greece.

440 BC - Famous playwright Euripides wins first prize for the best play in Athens.

432 BC - The temple to Athena, the Parthenon, is completed in Athens on the Acropolis. Today this is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece.

431 BC - The wars between Sparta and Athens begin. They are called the Peloponnesian Wars. The wars will last 27 years with Sparta eventually conquering Athens in 404 BC.

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