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[Agora Image] 2012.51.1328 (XXVIII-48)

Plan of the southwest corner of the Agora, with the west end of the Middle Stoa, Civic Offices, Tholos, and neighboring buildings. Cf. PD 2104 ... PD 267 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1947 ... Civic Offices, Tholos, and neighboring buildings. Cf. PD 2104.

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[Agora Publication] Life, Death, and Litigation in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Athens was a famously litigious city in antiquity, as the sheer quantity of evidence for legal activity found in the Agora makes clear. Every kind of case, from assault and battery to murder, and from ... 1994 ... various buildings and spaces ... Stoa Basileios, office of

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[Agora Image] 1997.02.0117 (LX-17)

General view of the south part of the Agora from the roof of the Hephaisteion. In the center the complex of buildings used as excavation offices on Asteroskopeiou Street ... southeast 2686 Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 1953 ... complex of buildings used as excavation offices on

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1112 (LX-17)

General view of the south part of the Agora from the roof of the Hephaisteion. In the center the complex of buildings used as excavation offices on Asteroskopeiou Street ... AMS southeast 2686 Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 1953 ... complex of buildings used as excavation offices on

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[Agora Object] I 6064: Honorary Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. The upper part of a stele with pedimental top. Preamble and start of a decree passed in the archonship of Kydenor, honoring the sitonai of the archonship of Diomedon. Twelve ... 244/3 B.C ... Offices, at the northeast corner ... building.

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[Agora Image] 2012.30.0965 (Section Β 177)

Business office complex completed. Looking northeast. White building at center is the motion picture projection house. It hides the newly built single room house. At right part of House 631b/3 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Business office complex completed. Looking northeast. White building at center is

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[Agora Image] 2012.30.0795 (Section Β 6)

Poseidon Street looking north. Left foreground, the wall at corner of 631B/5. The white building is the office 631B/4. In the shadow at right, the fence of section Ζ ... AMS ... The white building is the office 631B/4. In the shadow

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[Corinth Monument] Forum

The Forum, lying at the heart of the Roman City was the commercial and administrative center of the city. Its orientation conforms to the surviving Classical and Hellenistic buildings, such as the South ... Hellenistic buildings, such as the ... Building and the Temple of ... shops. The buildings around

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Introduction

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Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aeschylus, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, Thucydides, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen ... public office buildings (Royal ... adorned with great public buildings, financed first by its

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Old Excavation House

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The Old Excavation House The photograph below, taken in June of 1939, illustrates the extent of the Agora Excavations during the first eight years. The so-called Old Excavation House, located at Asteroskopeiou ... buildings. Planning for the ... records office where Lucy ... The records office, 1937

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[Agora Report Page] 1934 Β, s. 18

Section Β 1934. Slopes of Kolonos (west side of section). General. Geometric pocket. Rock cuttings for buildings in southwest corner. Trenches for walls on hilltop. Passages in hillside above court of ... 1934 Β A 290 F 9:3 ... Office buildings on hilltop (House 631b/9) ... Rock cuttings for buildings in southwest corner

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[Agora Image] 2012.30.0956 (Section Β 168)

Section Β at close of season 1934. Looking east from terrace of Business Office (631b/2). Lower left, part of heavy Roman wall. Lower right, base at 13/ΛΓ. The heavy poros foundation runs up to the north-south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... terrace of Business Office ... passage behind Building A. Building A at top.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Prytaneis

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The Prytaneis (Executive Committee) The senators administered their meetings themselves. Each tribal contingent in the Boule served in rotation for a period of 35 or 36 days as the Prytaneis, or Executive ... unusual among public buildings ... office they were fed at public ... During their time in office

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Royal Stoa

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Royal Stoa On the west side, lying just south of the Panathenaic Way, are the remains of the Royal Stoa (Stoa Basileios), one of the earliest and most important of the public buildings of Athens (Figs ... most important of the public buildings of Athens (Figs. 61, ... office was administered to all

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Stoa of Attalos

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Stoa of Attalos Lining the east side of the Agora square is the Stoa of Attalos (Fig. 47), built during the reign of Attalos II of Pergamon (159–138 B.C.), who studied in Athens under the philosopher Karneades ... a public building in ... building; lots of people and ... the basement, a public

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Stoa of Attalos

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The Stoa of Attalos The Stoa of Attalos was originally built by King Attalos II of Pergamon (159–138 B.C.), as a gift to the Athenians in appreciation of the time he spent in Athens studying under the ... common form of public building ... building was made of local ... building or shopping center in

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Agora and Pnyx

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The Agora and Pnyx Center of public activity, the Agora was a large open square where all the citizens could assemble (2, 3). It was used for a variety of functions: markets, religious processions, athletic ... Center of public activity, the ... buildings needed to run the ... lawcourts, and civic offices

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[Corinth Monument] Central Shops

The central shops run from the Circular Monument to the Bema and from the Bema to the Doric colonnade extending from the West end of the South Stoa. The shops separated the Forum proper from the upper ... room or office. The western ... of Dionysus. The building

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

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The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... Model of the public buildings ... round building next to the ... buildings on the west side of the

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Archaeological Site

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The Athenian Agora The Agora of Athens was the center of the ancient city: a large, open square where the citizens could assemble for a wide variety of purposes. On any given day the space might be used ... surrounded by the public buildings ... and public buildings were ... government. These buildings, along