By place Greece • The
Parthenon on the
Acropolis at
Athens is completed by
Ictinus and
Callicrates and is consecrated after 9 years of construction. It is dedicated at the
Panathenaea (a festival held in honour of
Athena every four years on the Acropolis). • The colossal statue of the
Athena Parthenos, which
Phidias has made for the Parthenon, is completed and dedicated. It is made of gold and ivory and stands some 12 metres high. • Telephus, a play by the renowned playwright
Euripides, is produced in Athens. This tragedy did not survive to modern times.
Italy • The city of
Capua falls to the
Samnites.
By topic Literature • The
Greek playwright
Euripides' play
Alcestis is performed in the
Dionysia, an
Athenian dramatic festival.
Art • Three seated Goddesses (possibly Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite), from the
east pediment of the
Parthenon, are made (finished in
432 BC). They are now kept at The
British Museum in London. • The
Ionic frieze on the north side of the
Parthenon, is created (finished in
432 BC). Parts of this frieze are now preserved in museums in Europe, including the
Horsemen (at the
British Museum, London), and the
Marshals and Young Women (now at
Musée du Louvre, Paris), which once formed part of the
Procession on the frieze. == Deaths ==