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http://agathe.gr/guide/boundary_stones_and_house_of_simon_the_cobbler.html Boundary Stones and House of Simon the Cobbler Inscribed marble posts were used to mark the entrances to the Agora wherever a street led into the open square. Two have been found in situ, inscribed with ... left). Figure 26. Material ... around 500 B.C. (Figs. 23, ... Tholos, ca. 500 B.C. Figure 24. |
http://agathe.gr/guide/southwest_area.html Southwest Area - Industry and Houses Leaving the area of the boundary stone, one can head southwest up a valley leading toward the Pnyx, meeting place of the Athenian assembly. Here are the complex remains ... from the 5th century B.C. to ... at the rear (Fig. 28). It ... commercial function. Figure 28 |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/judiciary_and_lawcourts.html Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a city notorious throughout Greece for the litigiousness of her citizens, were both numerous and large. Several of these lawcourts were in the immediate ... 26. Bronze juror’s ... (kleroterion), third century B.C. 28 ... Agora, ca. 300 B.C. In one of |
http://agathe.gr/guide/history_of_the_agora.html History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... from 1600 to 1100 B.C. These ... B.C.) and over 80 graves, ... democracy in 508/7 B.C. led to |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_athenian_aristocracy.html The Athenian Aristocracy Before democracy, from the 8th to the 6th century B.C., Athens was prosperous economically but no more significant than many other city-states in Greece. Silver deposits south ... to the 6th century B.C ... situation in the 7th century B.C ... olpe Oug), 540-530 B.C |
http://agathe.gr/guide/tholos.html Tholos The south half of the west side was given over to the major administrative buildings used to run the Athenian democracy (Fig. 14). The buildings are poorly preserved, but the identifications are ... B.C.; dining hall and the ... senate). Built around 470 B.C ... Tholos, 5th century B.C . The |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_excavations.html The Excavations Excavations in the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens commenced in 1931 under the supervision of T. Leslie Shear. The systematic excavation of this important ... shall be levelled off. 28 men ... railroad; (c) Giants and Tritons; ... begun May 28, 1931; (g) |
http://agathe.gr/guide/monument_of_the_eponymous_heroes.html Monument of the Eponymous Heroes Across the street from the Metroon lie the remains of the Monument of the Eponymous Heroes (Fig. 21). When Kleisthenes created the democracy in 508/7 B.C., he assigned ... B.C., he assigned all the ... the 4th century B.C. The ... B.C Only parts of the stone |
http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... half of the 1st century B.C ... 7th century B.C. to the 1st ... the 1st century B.C. to the |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/women.html The Unenfranchised I - Women Numerous people resident in Athens and Attica had little part in the political life of the state. Most glaring by modern standards was the exclusion of women, although a similar ... B.C. H.: 0.055 m. Athens, ... about 460 B.C. H.: O.O57 m. |
http://agathe.gr/publications/picture_books.html Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... Mattusch, C. C.Publication Date: ... originally built around 150 B.C ... B.C., the region northwest of |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_staff.html The Archaeologists The First Generation The Agora Excavations staff and work force, 1933. Archaeologists, staff, foremen, and workmen gathered under the Hephaisteion for a group photograph. The staff of ... Picturebook 26 [2006], p. 53). |
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