476 BC

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Year of the Wood Buffalo乙丑( at the beginning of the year wood rat甲子)

Events

Culture

  • The Greek poet Pindar visited Sicily. At the courts of the art-loving tyrant Hiero I of Syracuse and Theron of Akragas he met, among others, Simonides of Ceos and Bacchylides, which are counted in the canon of the nine lyric poets later as he was.
  • The Greek poet Bacchylides and Pindar sing the victory of Hieron at the Olympic Games.

Sports

  • Theogenes won the pankration at the Olympic Games.
  • Tyrant Theron of Akragas wins the chariot race at the Olympic Games.

Died

  • Jing, King of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China
  • Year ( 5th century BC)
  • 476 BC
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