431 BC

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Year of the Metal Dog庚戌(at the beginning of earth -Hahn己酉)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• The Peloponnesian War between the Delian League led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League under the leadership of Sparta begins.

Culture

• The Greek playwright Euripides wrote the tragedy Medea. The piece is based on the Argonauts.

Born

• Proxenos of Thebes, Greek military leader