The seven sages | 570 | The Romans, under the King Servius of Greece:--Solon, | | Tullius, introduce trumpets and horns Thales, | | of metal into their army. Periander, | | Cleobulus, | | Pittacus, Bias, | | Chilo. | | Cyrus conquers | 550 | About this time was performed in Lydia and dethrones | | Athens, under Thespis, the first Croesus. | | tragedy with choruses set to music. | | Confucius, Chinese | | philosopher. | | | | Zoroaster in | | Persia. | | | | Tarquinius Superbus, | 530 | PYTHAGORAS, of Samos, the | | philosopher, studies music in Egypt, last King of | | founds in Greece a great School of Rome, is expelled. | | music based upon mathematical | | principles; invents the monochord for Rome becomes a | | measuring the sound; ascertains the Republic (510). | | harmonious Triad, the diatonic | | intervals, etc. Cambyses conquers | | Egypt (509). | | | 500 | Lasus, of Achaia, writes treatises | | on the theory of music. | | Battle of Marathon, | | AEschylus, born at Athens about in which the Greeks, | | 525, singer and writer of Tragedies. commanded by | | Miltiades, defeat | | Simonides, of Ceos, born in 557, the Persians (490). | | died 468, lyrist and poet. | | | | Pindar, born at Thebes, in Boeotia, Xerxes invades | | about the year 520, flutist, lyrist, Greece (487). | | poet, and composer. Many hymns, odes, | | etc. | | Battle of Salamis | | Corinna, of Tanagra, in Boeotia, in which | | female singer and poetess. Several Themistocles | | times gains the victory in contest defeats the | | with Pindar at the public games at Persians (480). | | Thebes. | | Leonidas. | | Anacreon, of Teos, lyric poet and | | musician. To him is attributed the Themistocles | | invention of several stringed banished from | | instruments. Athens (471). | | | |