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Athens did not seem to have a very strong period of faith or courage at any time during their cycle. It could just be that they kept awful records, but from what I can tell this doesn't really apply.
The Roman Dole. Incorporation into the Byzantine empire. First century BC to the fall of the Byzantine empire.
c. 700's BC
Submission to Macedon.
Early 300's BC
Draco's and Solon's reforms turn Athens into a democracy. Major changes occurred including Solon's freeing of all debts and debt slaves. This turned the country away from an impending civil war and established freedom.
c. 600 BC
Applied to Athenian democracy
I chose Athens because it is one of the first known democracies. It was also the best recorded democracy of its time, which is pretty important when trying to diagram it like this.
Reliance on naval superiority. This dependence on that is what kept them from defeat for so long, but it didn't last forever.
c. 415 BC
This was the time when Athens flourished! Everything from the arts to government improved and grew. Some of the literature of that time was unrivaled until Shakespeare. Popular people of the time were Socrates and Plato (philosophy), Euclid and Archimedes (math and science), and Herodotus (history).
5th century BC
Morals started to decline. They sought enrichment at the expense of other city-states.
Late 5th century BC
Athens, Greece followed the Tytler cycle pretty well. It was very difficult to find any information about a stage of courage or faith. Other than that, they seemed to stick to the general flow of it all.
Sources: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/democracy/qt/121009AthensTimeline.htm
http://historyofdemocracy.wikispaces.com/Timeline+of+Athenian+Democracy
http://anonemuss.hubpages.com/hub/Athens-Golden-Age