[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 ... reply, "I do not even know the fellow, but I am sick of

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 4, s. 256, p. 246

Broneer, Corinth, Vol. IV, Part II, Terracotta Lamps, Type I. Type 10; Early Argive-Corinthian Forms; Bridged Nozzles. Type 11; Early Corinthian-Attic Forms; Central Sockets. Type 41; Sanctuary Lamps ... Agora 4 246 ... Broneer, Corinth, Vol. IV, Part II, Terracotta Lamps, Type I ... Broneer, Corinth, Vol. IV, Part II, Terracotta Lamps, Type XVI, 2

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 15, p. xv

C. Daremberg, E. Saglio and others, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines, 1877-1919. Exploration archéologique de Délos, faite par l'Ecole française d'Athènes, Paris, from 1909. Ecole française ... Agora 11 xv ... Delphes IV (2), C. Picard and P. de la Coste Messelière, Sculpture grecque, Art ... Dickins, Guy, Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum, I, Cambridge, 1912 ... Furtwängler, A., Aegina: Das Heiligtum der Aphaia, 2 v., Munich, 1906

[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 ... building. The 2nd-century A.D ... Solon 25.2). The stoa was the ... Sokrates: "Now I must present

[Agora Publication] The North Slope Krater, New Fragments

Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... together into the same well.2 ... chronological order I proposed, ... ) 2. Rim decoration 3.

[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 ... I 4120. Broken from a

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Staff

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The Archaeologists The First Generation The Agora Excavations staff and work force, 1933. Archaeologists, staff, foremen, and workmen gathered under the Hephaisteion for a group photograph. The staff of ... inscription (I 6524) ... well (Deposit A 17:2) that

[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 ... Islamic Coins Author: Miles, G. ... 978-0-87661-202-6Volume: 2 Of the 55,492 coins ... of Mehmed I (1413-21).