[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 ... Birth of Democracy: The Prytaneis

[Agora Object] AP 2661: Krater Fragment: Pictorial

From a krater, middle orange on buff. ADDENDA 2018: Single sherd to a krater with no other preserved features. The exterior is decorated with fish motif, of which the tail half is preserved. The interior ... LH IIIC Early-Middle ... decorated with fish motif, of ... monochrome. The paint is dull, but ... are no traces of use-wear

[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 ... fragments of these have been ... and buildings of the city ... of impiety and when a man

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

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The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... inscription painted on the lid of ... popular courts, with juries of ... a variety of cases. The

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[Agora Object] A 1939: Cornice Fragment

Broken above and to left. Preserves right end of block with anathyrosis band. Mutule broken away. On face and above via, red paint. From the Temple of Ares. Pentelic marble. Found at J/10-7/18 (Fall 2016) ... 19 April 1951 ... On Site-Temple of Ares

[Agora Object] AP 2660: Krater Fragment: Pictorial

From a krater, brown (mostly flaked off) on buff. ADDENDA 2018: Single sherd to a krater with no other preserved features. The exterior decoration is panelled and features a side triglyph with vertical ... LH IIIC Early ... Krater Fragment: Pictorial

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Aristocracy

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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 ... Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Aristocracy

[Agora Object] P 4009: Lagynos Fragment with Paint Decoration

Only a bit remains from the junction of the neck and shoulder. The root of the neck encircled by a brown band. Only a tip of the shoulder decoration preserved: the bow of a ribbon. Dull gray clay covered ... 1932 ... Lagynos Fragment with Paint Decoration