[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Temple of Apollo Patroos

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Temple of Apollo Patroos Next to the Stoa of Zeus at the south are the remains of a small temple of Apollo Patroos (Fatherly), so-called because he was the father of Ion, founder of the Ionian Greeks, ... B.C., the temple had Ionic ... century B.C. "Euphranor also ... (Pausanias 1.3.4) Figure 11.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Temple of Ares

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Temple of Ares Just north of the Odeion lie the ruins of a building identified by Pausanias as a temple of Ares (Figs. 56, 57). The foundations are of Early Roman construction and date, but the marble ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Temple of Ares

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Middle Stoa

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Middle Stoa The appearance of the south side of the Agora was radically changed during the 2nd century B.C. with the construction of several new buildings. This South Square, as it is called, was made ... B.C. with the construction ... B.C. First to be built was ... ca. 180 and 140 B.C. Figure

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Tyranny

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Tyranny As happened in many other Greek states, a tyrant arose in Athens in the 6th century B.C. His name was Peisistratos, and after several unsuccessful attempts he seized power in 546 B.C. and ruled ... 16.1-2) Aristotle has further ... 16.7-9) That Peisistratid rule ... Miltiades. For 599/1 B.C. we can

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Sources and Documents

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Sources and Documents Our understanding of the workings and history of Athenian democracy comes from a variety of sources. Most useful, perhaps, are the ancient literary texts that survive, many of which ... styluses, 2nd-1st century B.C ... Athenians. Written about 325 B.C ... Some 7,500 inscriptions have

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

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Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... Marathon in 490 B.C., the ... ostracized in 486 B.C. Max. dim.: ... the ostracism of 486 B.C

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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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 ... 7th century B.C. to the 1 ... half of the 1st century B.C ... the 1st century B.C. to the

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Site before Excavation

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The Site before Excavation The Agora lies on sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis, below and east of the extraordinarily well-preserved Doric temple of Hephaistos, popularly known as the “Theseion” ... (c.) Stoa of Attalos, (d.) ... 1935. The Stoa of Attalos (c ... the site in 1890/1, and