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http://agathe.gr/guide/tholos.html Tholos The south half of the west side was given over to the major administrative buildings used to run the Athenian democracy (Fig. 14). The buildings are poorly preserved, but the identifications are ... (Fig. 16). Figure 16. Public |
http://agathe.gr/guide/aiakeion.html Aiakeion Immediately to the east are the poor remains of a large square enclosure, open to the sky and measuring about 30 meters on a side. Built in the early 5th century, at the command of the oracle ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Aiakeion |
http://agathe.gr/guide/mint.html Mint Just east of the fountain house lie the miserable remains of a large square building with several rooms; the northern half lies under the Church of the Holy Apostles and the Southeast Temple (Early ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Mint |
http://agathe.gr/guide/bouleuterion.html Bouleuterion Just uphill from the Tholos was the Bouleuterion, meeting place of the boule, or senate. Five hundred Athenian citizens were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and met in this building every ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Bouleuterion |
http://agathe.gr/guide/metroon.html Metroon (Archives) The Metroon served two functions; it was both a sanctuary of the Mother of the Gods and the archive building of the city, a repository of official records (Fig. 19). The present remains ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Metroon |
http://agathe.gr/guide/lawcourts.html Lawcourts Underlying the north end of the Stoa of Attalos are the slight remains of a group of buildings dating to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. (Fig. 50). Largely open courtyards, they seem to have served ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Lawcourts |
http://agathe.gr/guide/hephaisteion.html Hephaisteion Overlooking the Agora from the hill to the west (Kolonos Agoraios), is the Hephaisteion, the best preserved example of a Doric temple in mainland Greece (Fig. 12). It was dedicated jointly ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Hephaisteion |
http://agathe.gr/guide/introduction.html Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aeschylus, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, Thucydides, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Introduction |
| 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 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), pp. 24-25. |
| Plans of the Stoa of Attalos, 159–138 B.C ... English version of PD 978 in Agora Picture Book 16 (2003).
Cf. 2008.20.0061 ... PD 978-2003 (DA 13273) ... PD 978-2003 |
| Plans of the Stoa of Attalos, 159–138 B.C ... Greek version of PD 978 in Agora Picture Book 16 (2003).
Cf. 2008.20.0062 ... Greek version of PD 978 in Agora Picture Book 16 (2003).
Cf. 2008.20.0062 |
| Cutaway view of the Archaic and Classical buildings along the south side of the Agora ... John Travlos ... Version in Greek of PD 1148 for AgoraPicBk 16 (2003). 2008.20.0038 2008.20.0038 ... 2003 ... Version in Greek of PD 1148 for AgoraPicBk 16 (2003). |
| Cutaway view of the Archaic and Classical buildings along the south side of the Agora ... John Travlos ... Digital file. Version in English of PD 1148 for AgoraPicBk 16 (2003). 2008.20.0037 2008.20.0037 ... 2003 ... Digital file. Version in English of PD 1148 for AgoraPicBk 16 (2003). |
| Plan of the lawcourts under the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. (5th–4th centuries B.C.) ... John Travlos ... English version of PD 1209 for the Agora Picture Book 16 (2003).
Linked drawing same as 2008.20.0065 ... 2003
1974 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 34, fig. 50. |
| Plan of the lawcourts under the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. (5th–4th centuries B.C.) ... John Travlos ... Greek version of PD 1209 for the Agora Picture Book 16 (2003).
Linked drawing same as 2008.20.0066 ... 2003
1974 ... Greek version of PD 1209 for the Agora Picture Book 16 (2003).
Linked drawing |
| Agora boundary stone found east of the Tholos, ca. 500 B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Detail of PD 1734. In AgoraPicBk 16 (2003).
Linked image is 2008.20.0030. 2008.20.0030 2008.20.0030 ... 2003
1967 ... PD 1734-2003 (DA 13337) ... PD 1734-2003 |
| Restored drawing of the Eponymous Heroes, second half of the 4th century B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Version of PD 1799 for AgoraPicBk 16 (2003).
Linked image made from 2008.20.0028 2008.20.0028 2008.20.0028 ... 2003
1968 ... Version of PD 1799 for AgoraPicBk 16 (2003).
Linked image made from 2008.20.0028 |
| Restored plan of the Mint, ca. 400 B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... English and Greek version of PD 2448 in Agora Picture Book 16 ... 2003
1979 ... PD 2448-2003 (DA 13495) ... PD 2448-2003 |
| Plan of the Library of Pantainos, ca. A.D. 100 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Version of PD 2327 in English for the Agora Picture Book 16 ... 2003
1975 ... Version of PD 2327 in English for the Agora Picture Book 16. |
| Reconstructed plan of the Temple of Apollo Patroos, dating from the second half of the 4th century B.C ... J. Travlos ... Version of PD 5 for Agora Picture Book 16.
Greek and English. 2008.20.0015 2008.20.0015 ... 2003
1936 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 10, fig. 10. |
| Cutaway view of the South Square, 2nd century B.C ... John Travlos ... Digital file. English version of PD 1150 for Agora Picture Book 16. 2008.20.0049 2008.20.0049 ... 2003 ... Digital file. English version of PD 1150 for Agora Picture Book 16. |
| Cutaway view of the South Square, 2nd century B.C ... John Travlos ... Digital file. Greek version of PD 1150 for Agora Picture Book 16. 2008.20.0050 2008.20.0050 ... 2003 ... PD 1150-2003 (DA 13283) ... PD 1150-2003 |
| Plan of the buildings at the southeast corner of the Agora ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Version of PD 2578 in English (linked) and in Greek for the Agora Picture Book 16. 2008.20.0053 2008.20.0054 2008.20.0053 2008.20.0054 ... 2003
1985 ... 16. |
| State plan of the Royal Stoa ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Version of PD 1983.
Linked image is 2008.20.0079 ... 2003
1970 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 40, fig. 61. |
| State plan of the Royal Stoa (greek) ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Greek version of PD 1983.
Linked image is 2008.20.0080 ... 2003
1970 ... PD 1983-2003 (DA 13291) ... PD 1983-2003 |
| Plan of the Agora at the height of its development in ca. A.D. 150 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... A Greek and an English version. 2008.20.0002 2008.20.0003 2008.20.0002 2008.20.0003 ... 2003
1983 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 2, fig. 1. |
| Plan of the administrative buildings at the south end of the west side of the Agora, 2nd century B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Digital file.
Greek and an English (linked) version of PD 2580. 2008.20.0019 2008.20.0020 2008.20.0019 2008.20.0020 ... 2003
1985 ... PD 2580-2003 (DA 13507) ... PD 2580-2003 |
http://agathe.gr/guide/stoa_poikile.html Stoa Poikile Across modern Hadrian Street are the most recent excavations (2003), along the north side of the square. Here have been revealed the remains of another large stoa, identified on the basis ... (2003), along the north side of |
http://agathe.gr/guide/east_building.html East Building Running southward from the east end of the Middle Stoa is the East Building. Its eastern half takes the form of a long hall with a marble chip floor and stone slabs designed to carry wooden ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: East Building |
http://agathe.gr/guide/southwest_area.html Southwest Area - Industry and Houses Leaving the area of the boundary stone, one can head southwest up a valley leading toward the Pnyx, meeting place of the Athenian assembly. Here are the complex remains ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Southwest Area |
http://agathe.gr/guide/middle_stoa.html Middle Stoa The appearance of the south side of the Agora was radically changed during the 2nd century B.C. with the construction of several new buildings. This South Square, as it is called, was made ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Middle Stoa |
http://agathe.gr/guide/royal_stoa.html Royal Stoa On the west side, lying just south of the Panathenaic Way, are the remains of the Royal Stoa (Stoa Basileios), one of the earliest and most important of the public buildings of Athens (Figs ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Royal Stoa |
http://agathe.gr/guide/panathenaic_way.html Panathenaic Way Numerous roads led in and out of the Agora square. By far the most important, however, was the broad street known as the Dromos or Panathenaic Way, the principal thoroughfare of the city ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Panathenaic Way |
http://agathe.gr/guide/south_stoa_ii.html South Stoa II South Stoa II ran westward from the south end of the East Building, parallel to the Middle Stoa (Figs. 38, 41). Dating to the second half of the 2nd century B.C., it consisted of a single ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: South Stoa II |
http://agathe.gr/guide/south_stoa_i.html South Stoa I Measuring some 80 meters long, South Stoa I takes up much of the south side; its eastern end is the better preserved (Figs. 31, 32). It had a double colonnade, with sixteen rooms behind. It ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: South Stoa I |
http://agathe.gr/guide/southwest_fountain_house.html Southwest Fountain House Closer to the agora proper a row of five public buildings lined the south side of the square in the Classical period (Fig. 29, 36). They comprise several important monuments, though ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Southwest Fountain House |
http://agathe.gr/guide/southeast_fountain_house.html Southeast Fountain House The slight traces just south of the Church of the Holy Apostles have been identified as the remains of an early fountain house (Figs. 33, 34). The identification is based on a ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Southeast Fountain House |
http://agathe.gr/guide/temple_of_ares.html Temple of Ares Just north of the Odeion lie the ruins of a building identified by Pausanias as a temple of Ares (Figs. 56, 57). The foundations are of Early Roman construction and date, but the marble ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Temple of Ares |
http://agathe.gr/guide/library_of_pantainos.html Library of Pantainos Lying partially under and behind the Late Roman wall are the remains of a building identified by its inscribed marble lintel block as the Library of Pantainos, dedicated to Athena ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Library of Pantainos |
http://agathe.gr/guide/stoa_of_attalos.html Stoa of Attalos Lining the east side of the Agora square is the Stoa of Attalos (Fig. 47), built during the reign of Attalos II of Pergamon (159–138 B.C.), who studied in Athens under the philosopher Karneades ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Stoa of Attalos |
http://agathe.gr/guide/odeion_of_agrippa.html Odeion of Agrippa Late in the 1st century B.C. the Athenians were given money for a new marketplace by Caesar and Augustus, and the northern half of the old Agora square was filled with two new structures, ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Odeion of Agrippa |
| 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 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (1976) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (1983) |
| Owl from red figure cup ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), frontispiece. |
| The Monument of the Eponymous
Heroes, second half of the 4th century B.C ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 16, fig. 21. |
http://agathe.gr/guide/late_roman_fortification_wall.html Late Roman Fortification Wall East of the East Building and Mint we arrive once again at the Panathenaic Way, which in this area is lined along its eastern side by a massive wall built in the 3rd century ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Late Roman Fortification Wall |
http://agathe.gr/guide/temple_of_apollo_patroos.html Temple of Apollo Patroos Next to the Stoa of Zeus at the south are the remains of a small temple of Apollo Patroos (Fatherly), so-called because he was the father of Ion, founder of the Ionian Greeks, ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Temple of Apollo Patroos |
http://agathe.gr/guide/stoa_of_zeus_eleutherios.html Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios Lying just south of the railroad tracks, along the west side, are the remains of the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios (Freedom) (Figs. 8, 9). This cult of Zeus was established after the ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios |
http://agathe.gr/guide/history_of_the_agora.html History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... Mint [16], and Lawcourts |
http://agathe.gr/guide/history_of_the_excavations.html History of the Excavations Some of the Agora monuments have never been fully buried and were explored by the Archaeological Society starting in the 19th century: the Stoa of Attalos (1859–1862, 1874, and ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: History of the Excavations |
| Cross section of the Stoa Poikile, with Doric columns outside, Ionic within; ca. 470-460 B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Version of PD 2522 for the AgoraPicBk 16 (2003). Greek and English (linked). 2008.20.0084 2008.20.0085 2008.20.0084 2008.20.0085 ... 2003
1982 ... AgoraPicBk (2003), p. 43, fig. 65. |
| Ground plan of the Odeion of Agrippa, 1st phase ... J. Travlos ... 2008.20.0069 2008.20.0069 ... 2003
1948 ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 36, fig. 53. |
| The Athenian Agora in A.D. 150 ... PD 2453-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2453-2003 |
| The Athenian Agora in A.D. 150 ... PD 2453-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2453-2003 |
http://agathe.gr/guide/church_of_the_holy_apostles.html Church of the Holy Apostles Several churches were removed following the excavation of the modern neighborhoods overlying the Agora. The Church of the Holy Apostles, because of its early date, was deemed ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Church of the Holy Apostles |
http://agathe.gr/guide/northwest_corner_and_the_hermes.html Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). This was accordingly ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Northwest Corner and the Hermes |
http://agathe.gr/guide/altar_of_the_twelve_gods.html Altar of the Twelve Gods Near the middle of the open square, somewhat to the north, lay the Altar of the Twelve Gods (Fig. 7), today largely hidden under the Athens–Piraeus railway (1891). A corner of ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Altar of the Twelve Gods |
http://agathe.gr/guide/monument_of_the_eponymous_heroes.html Monument of the Eponymous Heroes Across the street from the Metroon lie the remains of the Monument of the Eponymous Heroes (Fig. 21). When Kleisthenes created the democracy in 508/7 B.C., he assigned ... AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Monument of the Eponymous Heroes |
| South side of the Agora, ca. 400 B.C ... PD 2449-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 23, fig. 36. |
| Actual state plan of the Royal Stoa ... PD 1983-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 40, fig. 61. |
| Actual state plan of the Royal Stoa ... PD 1983-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 1983-2003 |
| Restored plan of the Mint, ca. 400 B.C ... PD 2448-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2448-2003 |
| Restored plan of the Mint, ca. 400 B.C ... PD 2448-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2448-2003 |
| Cutaway view of the South Square, 2nd century B.C ... PD 1150-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 1150-2003 |
| Cutaway view of the South Square, 2nd century B.C ... PD 1150-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 26, fig. 38. |
| Plan of the northwest corner of the Agora, principal entrance into the public square ... PD 2644-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2644-2003 |
| Plan of the northwest corner of the Agora, principal entrance into the public square ... PD 2644-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2644-2003 |
| Plan of the Agora at the height of its development in ca. A.D. 150 ... PD 2557-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 2, fig. 1. |
| Plan of the Agora at the height of its development in ca. A.D. 150 ... PD 2557-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 2, fig. 1. |
| Plan of the administrative buildings at the south end of the west side of the Agora ... PD 2580-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2580-2003 |
| Plan of the administrative buildings at the south end of the west side of the Agora ... PD 2580-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 12. fig. 14. |
| Cutaway view of the Archaic and Classical buildings along the south side of the Agora ... PD 1148-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 20, fig. 29. |
| Cutaway view of the Archaic and Classical buildings along the south side of the Agora ... PD 1148-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 20, fig. 29. |
| Plan of the buildings at the southeast corner of the Agora ... PD 2578-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2578-2003 |
| Plan of the buildings at the southeast corner of the Agora ... PD 2578-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 28, fig. 41. |
| Restored drawings of the Eponymous Heroes, second half of the 4th century B.C ... PD 1799-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 1799-2003 |
| Restored drawings of the Eponymous Heroes, second half of the 4th century B.C ... PD 1799-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 17, fig. 22. |
| Reconstructed plan of the Temple of Apollo Patroos, dating from the second half of the 4th century B.C ... PD 5-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 5-2003 |
| Reconstructed plan of the Temple of Apollo Patroos, dating from the second half of the 4th century B.C ... PD 5-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 10, fig. 10. |
| Drawing of the Late Roman reuse of the Odeion of Agrippa as part of a large palace- like complex, early 5th century A.C ... PD 2571-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 36, fig. 55. |
| Drawing of the Late Roman reuse of the Odeion of Agrippa as part of a large palace- like complex, early 5th century A.C ... PD 2571-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 36, fig. 55. |
| Cross section of the Stoa Poikile, with Doric columns outside, Ionic within; ca. 470–460 B.C ... PD 2522-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2522-2003 |
| Cross section of the Stoa Poikile, with Doric columns outside, Ionic within; ca. 470–460 B.C ... PD 2522-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2522-2003 |
| Plan of the Library of Pantainos, ca. A.D. 100 ... PD 2327-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2327-2003 |
| Plan of the Library of Pantainos, ca. A.D. 100 ... PD 2327-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 2327-2003 |
| Plans of the Stoa of Attalos, 159–138 B.C ... PD 978-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 978-2003 |
| Plans of the Stoa of Attalos, 159–138 B.C ... PD 978-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 32, fig. 47. |
| Plan of the lawcourts under the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. (5th–4th centuries B.C.) ... PD 1209-2003 English version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 1209-2003 |
| Plan of the lawcourts under the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. (5th–4th centuries B.C.) ... PD 1209-2003 Greek version. Horizontal (normal) ... PD 1209-2003 |
| Agora boundary stone found east of the Tholos, ca. 500 B.C ... PD 1734-2003 Detail of PD 1734, cf. 2002.01.1734. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 17, fig. 23. |
| Panorama of the Agora viewed from the south, with the Hephaisteion (Theseion) at left and the restored Stoa of Attalos (museum) at right ... Craig Mauzy ... North Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 5, fig. 3. |
| Key to figure 1. Greek ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 2, fig. 1. |
| Key to figure 1. English ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 2, fig. 1. |
| Limestone channel with water
basins along the Panathenaic Way ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 6, fig. 5. |
| Athenian silver tetradrachm, 5th century B.C., with the head of Athena on the obverse, and her sacred owl, an oliv sprig, and the legend (ΑΘΕ), on the reverse ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 3, fig. 2. |
| A dedicatory relief of the Mother of the Gods, 4th century B.C.; one of several
dozen copies found in the Agora ... Craig Mauzy ... Cf. 2008.01.0089. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 15, fig. 20. |
| Rules of the Library of Pantainos:
“No book is to be taken out because we have sworn an oath. (The library) is to be open from the first hour until the sixth.” ... Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 31, fig. 45. |
| Reconstruction of the Royal Stoa, as it would have appeared in ca. 300 B.C ... PD 1991 Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 40, fig. 62. |
| Plan of the buildings along the west side of the Agora as they would have appeared in ca. 100 B.C ... PD 1208 Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 9, fig. 8. |
| Actual state and restored plans of the Southeast Fountain House, second half of the 6th century B.C ... PD 1810 Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 22, fig. 33. |
| Church of the Holy Apostles, ca. A.D. 1000 ... PD 1887 Public image. Horizontal (normal) ... AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 44, fig. 67. |
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