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[Agora Image] 2012.55.0776 (80-677copy)

View of the Small Building. At lower right, part of the rectangular cistern ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Aug 1957 ... 2012.55.0776 (80-677copy) ... 80-677copy ... 80-677copy

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[Agora Monument] Statues of Harmodios and Aristogeiton and the Orchestra

Display Athenian Demos Bronze Known from copies and literary sources only ... Late 6th to early 5th B.C ... Known from copies and literary sources only.

[Agora Object] S 2115: Kore Fragments

a) Right breast, two locks of wavy hair, and a little of the short overfold of a smooth garment that crossed the front of the figure diagonally. b) Swell of the left breast, more of the overfold, and part ... Hellenistic period (?) ... Kore Fragments

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Sources and Documents

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Sources and Documents Our understanding of the workings and history of Athenian democracy comes from a variety of sources. Most useful, perhaps, are the ancient literary texts that survive, many of which ... Birth of Democracy: Sources and Documents

[Agora Object] S 2176: Kore Fragment

Left shoulder and upper arm, part of back behind arm and part of left breast. Broken off all around except at bottom of arm where there is a dowel hole for attachment of forearm. Life-sized female figure ... 5 May 1965 ... Kore Fragment

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[Agora Object] S 2135: Kore Fragment

Fragment from proper right side of neck and shoulder of life-size archaistic kore. Three wavy shoulder locks. Rippled folds of garment on shoulder. Hard Roman work. Pentelic marble. From circled marbles ... Roman period ... Kore Fragment

[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 ... Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Overthrow and Revolution

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Overthrow and Revolution In 514 B.C. the tyrant Hipparchos was stabbed to death. The murder, actually the result of a love feud, was quickly deemed a political act of assassination and the perpetrators, ... result of a love feud, was ... of assassination and the ... set up in the middle of the