To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom.
800 BCE
790 BCE
780 BCE
770 BCE
760 BCE
750 BCE
740 BCE
730 BCE
720 BCE
710 BCE
700 BCE
690 BCE
680 BCE
670 BCE
660 BCE
650 BCE
640 BCE
630 BCE
620 BCE
610 BCE
600 BCE
590 BCE
580 BCE
570 BCE
560 BCE
550 BCE
540 BCE
530 BCE
520 BCE
510 BCE
500 BCE
490 BCE
480 BCE
470 BCE
460 BCE
450 BCE
440 BCE
430 BCE
420 BCE
410 BCE
400 BCE
390 BCE
380 BCE
370 BCE
360 BCE
350 BCE
340 BCE
330 BCE
800 BCE: The oracle of Zeus is established at Dodona.
776 BCE: First athletic games in honour of Zeus are held at Olympia with one event, the stadion foot race.
700 BCE: Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
573 BCE: First athletic games at Nemea in honour of Zeus.
480 BCE: The huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
460 BCE - 457 BCE: Temple of Zeus is built at Olympia with a statue of Apollo dominating the west pediment and containing the cult statue of Zeus by Phidias.
460 BCE: The bronze Poseidon or Zeus statue (of Cape Artemesium) is sculpted.
430 BCE: The 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.
330 BCE: Temple of Zeus built at Nemea.