yuǎn gǔ xī là（ Archaic Greece， 800-490BC）
shí dài，
gǔ xī là bàn dǎo shàng kāi shǐ xíng chéng liǎo dà dà xiǎo xiǎo de chéng bāng（ Polis
huò zhě poleis），
zuò wéi xiāng duì dú lì de zhèng zhì dān yuán。
nà gè shí dài，
chéng bāng biàn bù zài '
ōu zhōu hé zhōng yà de qí tā dì fāng， Polis
zài yīng wén zhōng yòu bèi chēng wéi CityState
huò CitizenState，
zhè yě shì wèishénme wǒ men chēng qí wéi chéng bāng liǎo。
měi gè chéng bāng shí zhì shàng dōuyòu zì jǐ de guó jiā jī gòu，
tā men huò xǔ huì yóu yú wài dí rù qīn '
ér tuán jié qǐ lái，
zhū rú gōng yuán qián 480
zuǒ yòu nián gòng tóng dǐ kàng xuē xī sī（ Xerxes）
de bō sī rù qīn，
liú gěi wǒ men hòu rén de biàn shì nà xiē 300
sī bā dá zhuàng shì de yīng yǒng chuán shuō，
dàn zhè xiē chéng bāng zhī jiān yě huì zhàn zhēng bù duàn，
zhū rú yǎ diǎn（ Athens）
hé sī bā dá (Sparta)
zhè liǎng gè duì hòu rén yǐng xiǎng zuì dà de chéng bāng zhī jiān cháng dá sān shí nián de bó luó bēn ní sǎ bàn dǎo zhàn zhēng（ ThePeloponnesianWar， 431
– 404BC)。
The archaic period in Greece (650 BC – 480 BC) is a period of Ancient Greek history. The term originated in the 18th century and has been standard since. This term arose from the study of Greek art, where it refers to styles mainly of surface decoration and plastique, falling in time between Geometric Art and the art of Classical Greece. As it is transitional to the latter it is considered "archaic." Since the Archaic period followed the Greek Dark Ages, and saw significant advancements in political theory, and the rise of democracy, philosophy, theatre, poetry, as well as the revitalization of the written language (which had been lost during the Dark Ages), the term archaic was extended to these aspects as well.
Most recently Anthony Snodgrass embraced and extended this holistic approach suggesting that "historians extend their interests from political and military events to social and economic processes" and "classical archaeologists turn from the outstanding works of art to the totality of material products ...." The Archaic Period is thus a "rapprochement" of various threads and is not just "archaic" but is "a complete episode in its own right." Michael Grant also objects to the term archaic "because it possesses the dictionary significance of 'primitive' and 'antiquated.' No such pejorative epithets are appropriate for the early Greeks, whose doings and sayings added up to one of the most creative periods in world history."
Snodgrass defines the termini of the Archaic Period as a "structural revolution", meaning a sudden slope up of population and material goods that occurred with mid-point at 750 BC, and the "intellectual revolution" of classical Greece. The end of archaism is conventionally defined as Xerxes' invasion of Greece in 480 BC. It should not be thought for a moment, however, that all the various threads begin and end on these dates. For example, red-figure pottery, which characterized the classical Greek period, began in the archaic. Snodgrass says: "... it must always be borne in mind that such demarcations of history ... although reasonably acceptable for the convenience of later ages, are entirely artificial categories