[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: State Religion

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State Religion: The Archon Basileus There was no attempt in Classical Athens to separate church and state. Altars and shrines were intermingled with the public areas and buildings of the city. A single ... Athenian hero Theseus hurling ... Agord' (Plutarch, Life of

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Solon the Lawgiver

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Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. Many citizens were reduced to the status of ... Plutarch and Aristotle describe ... (Plutarch, Life of Solon 18.4)

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 12, p. xii

Bookidis, N., 1990. Ritual Dining in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Corinth: Some Questions, in Sympotica, O. Murray, ed., Oxford, pp. 86-94. Bookidis, N., 1990. Ritual Dining at Corinth, in Greek ... Agora 31 xii ... Brenk, F., S.J., 1977. In Mist Apparelled: Religious Themes in Plutarch ... at Athens, 22-24 November

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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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 ... Theseus, one of the legendary ... 0876616392Picture Book: 24 This concise