456 BC

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• The first of the Athenian sculptor Phidias' monuments to Athena, the bronze Athena Promachos, is placed on the Athenian Acropolis. It measures about 9 metres high and is the largest statue yet to be erected in Athens.
• The temple of Zeus in Olympia is finished.

Births

• Aristophanes, Greek playwright (d. c. 386 BC)

Deaths

• Aeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC)

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