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[Agora Publication] Women in the Athenian Agora

Rotroff, S. I. Lamberton, R. D ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Using evidence from the Athenian Agora, the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women’s lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played—as ... 2006 ... Women in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Waterworks in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Preserved beneath the surface of the Agora are thousands of terracotta pipes, stone drainage channels, and lead pressure lines. These form a complex chain of waterworks, constructed and repaired over many ... 1968 ... Waterworks in the Athenian Agora

[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 ... Publications: Picture Books

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[Agora Publication] Miniature Sculpture from the Athenian Agora

Thompson, D. B ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Small sculptured figures of humans and animals have been found all over the Agora, ranging in date from the earliest occupation of Athens to the end of the Late Roman period. This booklet presents a representative ... 1959 ... Miniature Sculpture from the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Marbleworkers in the Athenian Agora

Lawton, C ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The 5th-century B.C. poet Pindar remarked on the rich sculptural decoration of the Athenian Agora, and, indeed, over 3,500 pieces of various types of sculpture have been uncovered during its excavation ... 2006 ... Marbleworkers in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] The Middle Ages in the Athenian Agora

Frantz, M. A ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The story of the Agora did not end in A.D. 267, when the Herulians invaded the city. This booklet illustrates the ornate Early Christian carving and colorful green and brown glazed pottery that distinguished ... 1961 ... The Middle Ages in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Pots and Pans of Classical Athens

Sparkes, B. Talcott, L ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the Agora, the authors show how different vessel forms were used in Classical Athens ... 1951 ... Pots and Pans of Classical Athens

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[Agora Publication] Ancient Portraits from the Athenian Agora

Harrison, E. B ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Although the famous bronze statues seen by the Roman tourist Pausanias have been melted down, the Agora preserves a number of fine portraits in stone. While a few of these are named, most of the portraits ... 1960 ... Agora

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[Agora Publication] Mediaeval and Modern Coins in the Athenian Agora

Kleiner, F. S ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... From the thousands of pieces of Late Roman “small change” discovered trodden into beaten earth floors and dropped into wells to the hoards of 19th-century A.D. silver French francs discovered beneath modern ... 1978 ... Mediaeval and Modern Coins in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Inscriptions from the Athenian Agora

Meritt, B. D ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Many types of written records are found in the Agora, and this booklet presents a sample of more than 10,000 inventoried inscriptions on stone. The texts illustrated include diplomatic agreements, commemorative ... 1966 ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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[Agora Publication] Ancient Athenian Building Methods

Camp, J. Dinsmoor, Jr., W. B ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... While this booklet is illustrated solely with materials from the Athenian Agora, it also provides a concise introduction to building styles and techniques that will be useful to anyone interested in ancient ... 1984 ... Agora

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[Agora Publication] Bronzeworkers in the Athenian Agora

Mattusch, C. C ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The conspicuous Temple of Hephaistos, Greek god of metalworkers, prominently situated on the western side of the Agora, reflects the esteem in which bronzeworkers were held by the Athenians. Although many ... 1982 ... Bronzeworkers in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Birds of the Athenian Agora

Lamberton, R. D. Rotroff, S. I ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... As well as the Little Owl, or glaux, so often seen accompanying the goddess Athena, many other birds played an important role in Greek art and symbolism. This booklet describes the ways in which the Greeks ... 1985 ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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[Agora Publication] Lamps from the Athenian Agora

Perlzweig, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... At night, the darkness of the ancient Agora would have been pierced by the lights of oil lamps, and thousands of fragments of these distinctive objects have been found. This booklet presents the development ... 1963 ... Lamps from the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Greek and Roman Coins in the Athenian Agora

Kleiner, F. S ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 75,000 coins have been found during excavations at the Agora, many minted in the city but others brought from Athens’s far-flung commercial contacts. In addition to the mostly bronze and copper coins ... 1975 ... Greek and Roman Coins in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] Garden Lore of Ancient Athens

Burr Thompson, D. Griswold, R. E ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... In the spring, the ground of the Agora archaeological park is covered in poppies and daisies while poplars and oaks shade many of the pathways. Some of these plants are wild and some were deliberately ... 1963 ... Garden Lore of Ancient Athens

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[Agora Publication] Gods and Heroes in the Athenian Agora

Camp, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Religion played a part in almost every aspect of civic life, so shrines, temples, altars, and dedications are conspicuous at almost every turn during a visit to the Agora. The author of this booklet shows ... 1980 ... Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture Book ... the Agora. The author of ... goddess of the crossroads. He argues that the cults of

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[Agora Publication] The Games at Athens

Neils, J. Tracy, S. V ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This attractive book presents a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honor of the city’s patron goddess, Athena ... 2003 ... Agora

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[Agora Publication] Dogs in the Athenian Agora

Whiting, Colin M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... 2022 ... Dogs in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] An Ancient Shopping Center: The Athenian Agora

Burr Thompson, D ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... As well as being a political center, the Agora was the focus of a noisy and varied commercial life. This booklet illustrates the archaeological, documentary, and pictorial evidence for such diverse trades ... 1971 ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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[Agora Publication] Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade

Grace, V. R ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Although this booklet is based on broken pottery found during the excavation of the Agora, the author ranges far beyond the confines of Athens in her discussion of the purpose and significance of different ... 1961 ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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[Agora Publication] The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens

Thompson, H. A. T ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Named after its donor, the King of Pergamon, the Stoa of Attalos was originally built around 150 B.C. Between 1953 and 1956 this long, columned, marble building was rebuilt by the American School of Classical ... 1992 ... The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens

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[Agora Publication] Graffiti in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... “Return the stamnos to Philippa’s brother Philip,” “cheap wine,” “Alkaios seems beautiful to Melis,” “Of Tharrios I am the cup.” Like fragments of overheard conversations, the thousands of informal inscriptions ... 1974 1988 ... Agora

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[Agora Publication] Socrates in the Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... As far as we know, the 5th-century B.C. Greek philosopher Socrates himself wrote nothing. We discover his thoughts and deeds entirely through the writings of his followers, disciples who accompanied him ... 1978 ... Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture Book ... through the Athenian Agora or ... the writings of his

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[Agora Publication] Early Burials from the Agora Cemeteries

Immerwahr, S. A ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Before the creation of the Agora as a civic center in the 7th century B.C., the region northwest of the Acropolis was a vast cemetery. Over 150 ancient burial places have been found by excavators, and ... 1973 ... Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture Book ... excavators, and a few of the more ... Before the creation of the Agora as a civic center

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[Agora Publication] Horses and Horsemanship in the Athenian Agora

Camp, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This concise and beautifully illustrated book demonstrates the many roles played by the horse in the lives of the Greeks, from its place in myth and early history to its significance as a marker of social ... 1998 ... Agora

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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 ... Life, Death, and Litigation in the Athenian Agora

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[Agora Publication] The Athenian Agora, a Short Guide to the Excavations

Camp, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... In a newly revised version of this popular site guide, the current director of excavations in the Athenian Agora gives a brief account of the history of the ancient center of Athens. The text has been ... 2003 ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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[Agora Publication] The Athenian Citizen Democracy in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The artifacts and monuments of the Athenian Agora provide our best evidence for the workings of ancient democracy. As a concise introduction to these physical traces, this book has been a bestseller since ... 1960 2004 ... monuments of the Athenian Agora ... Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture Book ... The book ends with some of

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[Agora Publication] Σκύλοι στην Αγορά της Αθήνας

Whiting, Colin M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... 2022 ... Agora

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Guide Books

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Guide Books In a newly revised version of this popular site guide, the current director of excavations in the Athenian Agora gives a brief account of the history of the ancient center of Athens. The text ... director of excavations in the ... director of excavations in the ... Athenian Agora:A Guide to the

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.2259 (87-455)

Perspective drawing of Roman House H in section Ω, with walls cut away ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2259 ... 1974 ... Agora

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[Agora Drawing] PD 2453-2003 (DA 13498)

The Athenian Agora in A.D. 150 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... English and Greek version of PD 2435. In Agora Picture Book 16. 2008.20.0096 2008.20.0097 2008.20.0096 2008.20.0097 ... 2003 1980 ... The Athenian Agora in A.D. 150.

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[Agora Publication] Inscriptions: The Athenian Councillors

Meritt, B. D. Traill, J ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This book presents 494 dedications made by, and honoring, members of the Athenian administrative assembly (prytaneis) between 408/7 B.C. and A.D. 231/2. The inscriptions are important because they enable ... 1974 ... members of the Athenian ... The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School ... increasing understanding of the

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 19, s. 70, p. 57

The Athenian Agora; Volume 19; Inscriptions; Horoi; Poletai Records; Leases of Public Lands; II; Poletai Records. Aristotle, Ath. Pol. 47.2-3. M. Lang, Allotment by Token, Historia 8, 1959, pp. 80-89 ... Agora 19 57 ... Agora

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[Agora Publication] Coins from the Roman through the Venetian Period

Thompson, M ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Of the 55,492 coins that were recovered from the Athenian Agora during excavations from 1931 to 1949, this catalogue presents 37,000. These range in date from the last century of the Roman Republic to ... 1954 ... Coins from the Roman through the Venetian Period

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Democracy

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Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aischylos, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen and philosophers, ... Agora

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1222

Floor fragment. Reserved band on underside. Glaze cracked in places. Max. dim. 0.135. R. Lamberton and S. Rotroff, Birds of the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 22), Princeton 1985, p. 15, fig. 29. ... Late 5th or early 4th century B.C ... Agora XXX, no. 1222

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 593

Shoulder fragment with turn of body. Max. dim. 0.088. M. Lang, Graffiti in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 14), rev. ed., Princeton 1988, p. 13, fig. 34; R. Lamberton and S. Rotroff, Birds of the ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Agora XXX, no. 593

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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares

Rotroff, S ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This manuscript represents the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora. The first installment (Agora XXII) was devoted ... 2008 ... Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares