[Agora Webpage] Overview: Contact

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Staff and Contact Information The Agora Excavations offices are located within the ancient Agora archaeological site, on the upper floor of the Stoa of Attalos. The offices in the Stoa of Attalos are open ... Mauzy e-mail: fax: +30 ... treatments and materials, i.e ... M4W 1K1 Canada Email:

[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 ... Author: Harrison, E. ... B.C. Author: Brann, E. T ... Harrison, E. B.Publication Date:

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Sokrates

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Sokrates The philosopher Sokrates was one of many Athenians critical of the people and their control over affairs of state. His probing public debates with fellow citizens led to his trial for impiety ... 0.015-0.025 m. Athens, Agora Museum ... 0.015 m. Athens, Agora Museum ... century B.C. D.: 0.073 m.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Women

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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.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 4, s. 10, p. ix

Adolf Furtwängler, Ernst Fiechter, and Hermann Thiersch, Aegina das Heiligtum der Aphaia, Munich, 1906. Henry S. Robinson, The Athenian Agora, Results of Excavations conducted by the American School of ... Agora 4 ix ... David M. Robinson, Excavations at Olynthus, Part V, Baltimore, 1933, Part XIV, ... Rhodos, Clara, Studi e materiali pubblicati a cura dell'instituto storico-archeologico di

[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 ... century B.C. H.: 0.253 m. ... m. Athens, Agora Museum P ... B.C. H.: 0.10 m. Athens,

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[Agora Object] A 238: Cornice Block

Reconstructed cornice block. Included in the block are the fragments originally numbered A 238 a, A 239 a and b, and A 602. a) (former A 238 a) Broken away in back and on both sides; part of a small hawk's ... 30 June 1933, June 1935 ... 238 b-e, have been

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Theater

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Theater Western drama was an Athenian invention which developed late in the 6th century B.C. out of the festivals celebrated in honor of the god Dionysos. Originally held in the Agora, the plays were soon ... about 250 B.C. H.: 0.27 m. ... L.: 0.08 m. Athens, Agora ... H.: 0.067 m. Athens, Agora

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[Agora Object] P 11810: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragments

Three non-joining fragments with a theatrical scene, from a closed vase, probably an oinochoe. Lower border of running spiral. a) In center, the lower body and legs of a youth standing half-left; he is ... 21 August 1937 ... Ca. -3.00m.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Political Organization of Attica

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Political Organization of Attica: Demes and Tribal Representation Each tribe was divided into three parts, and each third (trittys) was from one of the three regions of Attica, plain, coast, or hills ... m. Athens Agora Museum MC ... 0.275 m. Athens, Agora Museum

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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 ... Brann, E., 1961a. Late Geometric Well Groups from the Athenian Agora, Hesperia 30, pp ... Brann, E., 1961b. Protoattic Well Groups from the Athenian Agora, Hesperia 30, pp ... Cavanaugh, M.B. 1996. Eleusis and Athens: Documents in Finance, Religion, and

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[Agora Object] S 37: Draped Standing Female Figure

A life-size statue, the head and right arm are missing; the upper front part of the body has been cut away; the draped left arm is preserved to the lower forearm, which was separately inserted, and part ... 6 June 1931 ... -3.00m.

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[Agora Object] SS 1183: Stamped Amphora Handle: Rhodian

Angle fragment. Clay rather pale. Chipping at edge of inner break of fragment has removed a little of the circumference of the impression, which is otherwise quite fresh. Most of the area is occupied ... 5 March 1933 ... RivIstArch 6-7 (1983-1984), p. 56, no. 182, fig. 51e.

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[Agora Object] P 43: White Ground Cup: Type C and Inscribed

The base, most of the central medallion, and one handle are preserved. Medallion is outlined with a single line of brown glaze. The figure is that of a standing youth (Apollo?) facing right and playing ... 2 July 1931 ... Lynch (2007a), p. 210, figs. 180D, E.

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[Agora Object] P 3155: Black Glaze Krater with Applied Decoration and Rouletting: Stamped

Mended from many pieces; the profile complete; most of the rim missing; also one handle and large fragments from the body. Restored in plaster. Heavy moulded conical foot; shallow wheel-run grooves on ... 3 March 1934 ... next by ca. 0.025m. Left

[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 ... Harrison, E. B.Publication Date: ... M.Publication Date: 2004ISBN: ... Griswold, R. E.Publication Date:

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Speakers

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The Speakers Litigants spoke on their own behalf, although occasionally using speeches prepared by trained professionals; skillful rhetoric was necessary in order to sway a jury. The speeches written by ... century B.C. H.: 0.172 m.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Church of the Holy Apostles

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The Church of the Holy Apostles Though several churches were removed in the clearing of the site for excavation, it was decided to save and restore the little Byzantine church dedicated to the Holy Apostles ... m. west of the southern

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 12.2, s. 70, p. 443

The Athenian Agora; Volume 12; Black and Plain Pottery; Part 2; Index VI; Bibliography and List of Publications and Illustrations. The Aegean and the Near East: Studies presented to Hetty Goldman. Locust ... Agora 12 443 ... Almagro, M., Ampurias, 2nd ed., Barcelona, 1951, p. 128, fig. 43 ... 6 a, d, e, pl. 15, 2