Athens overthrew a tyranny within that time period. Homer is alleged to have live at the beginning of it. The Peloponnesian Wars at the end. In between Persian invasions, civil wars and lots of other mayhem.
I seem to recall something in The Iliad about this practice. War prisoners from Troy to be buried at the feet of slain Greek heroes in the homeland?
The ones who fell face down into the dust, clanging in their armor?