Editing 450 BC (section)

==== Arts ====
* The Severe ([[Classical Greece|Early Classical]]) period of [[sculpture]] ends in [[Ancient Greece]] and is succeeded by the [[Classical Greece|Mature Classical]] period (approximate date).
* [[Polykleitos]] of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] develops a set of rules (''The Canon'') for constructing the ideal human figure (approximate date).
* [[Polygnotos]] of [[Thasos]] ceases his work (approximate date).
* The old [[bouleuterion]], the west side of the [[Ancient Agora of Athens|agora]] in Athens, is built (approximate date).
* [[Polykleitos]] starts making the bronze statue ''Achilles'' (also known as ''The [[Spear Bearer]]'' or ''[[Doryphoros]]''), which he finishes about [[440 BC|ten years later]]. A [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] copy of the original bronze is now kept in the [[Naples National Archaeological Museum|Museo Archeologico Nazionale]] in [[Naples]], [[Italy]] (approximate date).
* The grave stela from [[Paros]], ''Little girl with a bird'', is made. It is now kept at The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City|New York]] (approximate date).
* The statue ''Woman and maid'' in the style of [[Achilles Painter]], white-ground and black-figure decoration on a [[lekythos]], with additional painting in [[tempera]], starts being made (finished about [[440 BC|ten years later]]). It is now kept at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in [[Boston]] (approximate date).
* [[Myron]] makes a bronze statue called ''The Discus Thrower'' ([[Discobolus]]). A [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] copy is now kept at [[Museo Nazionale Romano]], [[Rome]] (approximate date).
* The [[Corinthian order]] makes its first appearance in Greek [[architecture]] (approximate date).
* The red-figure decorations ''A Painter'', ''Assistants Crowned by Athena'' and ''Victories'' are made on a [[hydria]] in [[Athens]]. They are now kept in a private collection (approximate date).
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