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336 BC| 480 BC–330 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek classical style of sculpture develops more realism than the preceding Archaic period. Its leading exponents are Phidias (in the 5th century BC), and Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus (in the 4th century BC). | | c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | 336 BC | Greece [mythology] | The ascetic Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic reputedly meets the king of Macedon Alexander the Great at Corinth and, on being offered any favour, asks him to ‘stand out of the sun’. | | 336 BC | Greece [other structures] | Philip II of Macedon is buried at Aegae (modern Vergina). In modern times (1977 AD) his tomb is discovered with the burial chamber intact and containing grave goods of a splendour unparalleled in the Greek world. | | 336 BC | Greece [wars] | Philip II of Macedon, while sending an advance force to begin the invasion of Asia Minor, attends to his personal affairs. He puts away his wife, Olympias, sister of King Alexander of Epirus, and marries a nobleman's daughter called Cleopatra. Then, to appease Alexander of Epirus, he gives him his own daughter in marriage and attends the wedding feast. At the feast he is murdered, supposedly by Olympias (46). | | 336 BC | Greece [campaigns of Alexander the Great (334–323 BC)] | After the murder of Philip II of Macedon, his 20-year-old son, Prince Alexander the Great, becomes king of Macedon. He puts down rebellion at home and subdues the Boeotian city of Thebes. He is elected by the Greeks assembled at Corinth as their commander against Persia. |
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