I muri i te Dark Ages ko te Archaic Period, tīmata a tawhio noa te rau tau 8 BC. I kite te Archaic Period i ngā whanaketanga wawe i roto i te ahurea Kariki me te hapori i hanga te pūtake mo te Classic Period. I muri i te Archaic Period, te Classic Period i Kariki e conventionally whakaaro ki te kua roa i te Persian Wars o Kariki whakaekenga i roto i 480 tae noa ki te mate o te Alexander nui i roto i 323. whakaahuatia te wā e te kāhua i whakaaro e muri e ki te hei tauira, ara, "Classical", rite whakaaturia i roto i te Parthenon tōrangapū, BC. Hei tauira, i arahina te Classical Period Corinthian i te mana o te Decontia, a ka neke atu ki Athens i roto i te 4th rautau 5th, engari i te mutunga i roto i te wā o te Rōpū o te Macedonian, ka haere atu ki te mana o te Alexander nui, me te Rōpū o te Rōpū o te Rōpū o te Rōpū o te Rōpū
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