[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

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The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

[Agora Publication] Geagan (1973): A Decree of the Council of the Areopagus

Geagan, D. J ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 42.3 3 352-357 10.2307_147524 ... 1973 ... A Decree of the Council of the Areopagus

[Agora Publication] Meritt (1974): The Hadrianic Year of the Council at Athens

Meritt, Benjamin D ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 43.4 4 460-466 10.2307_147492 ... 1974 ... The Hadrianic Year of the Council at Athens

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 14 (1975): The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council

Traill, J. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Using inscriptions recording council membership recovered by excavations in the Athenian Agora, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the political geography of Attica. The reforms of the 6th-century ... 1975 ... The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council

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[Agora Object] I 1287: Honorary Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment Bottom (or top?) rough picked; elsewhere broken. Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos. Part of two letters preserved. White marble. ADDENDA With I 781. Found in disturbed ... 31 January 1934 ... Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos.

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[Agora Image] 2008.19.0022 (XLIV-98)

Model of the public buildings on the west side of the Agora. Temple of Hephaistos/Arsenal, Tholos, Council House, Metroon, Temple of Apollo, Stoa of Zeus ... Craig Mauzy ... Cf. 1997.02.0108 northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 1946 ... Temple of Hephaistos/Arsenal, Tholos, Council House, Metroon, Temple of Apollo, Stoa of Zeus.

[Agora Object] I 5533: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Part of a revetment (?) moulding with the back, and the upper (or lower) surface, on which is scratched the inscription, preserved. Mentions Council of the Areopagus. Two lines of the ... June 1938 ... Mentions Council of the Areopagus.

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[Agora Object] I 1165: Honorary Monument Fragment

Small inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides. Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos. One letter preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Joined with I 781 and I 1166. Found in the wall of the modern ... 27 December 1933 ... Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 26, p. 14

The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Herald of the Council and Demos. Sterling Dow, Prytaneis, Hesperia, Suppl. I, 1937, p. 16, note 1 ... Agora 15 14 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Herald of the Council and Demos

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 13 (1970): Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East

Oliver, J. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... An important inscription, found in the Roman market place in Athens, is here published for the first time. Although fragmentary, it preserves the text of a formal letter from Marcus Aurelius directed to ... 1970 ... The Roman emperor’s decisions in cases concerning office holding, membership of the council, and the appointment of the Athenian members of the Panhellenion (the council of cities established by Hadrian) are recorded.

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[Agora Object] I 1337: Honorary Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. The bottom is preserved, and the back; elsewhere broken. Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos. Two letters preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA With I 781. Found in the wall ... 12 February 1934 ... Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos.

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[Agora Object] I 1166: Honorary Monument Fragment

Small inscribed fragment. Broken all round. Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos. Two letters, and part of a third, preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Joined with I 781 and I 1165. Found in ... 27 December 1933 ... Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 27, p. 15

The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Secretary of the Council and Demos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; ... Agora 15 15 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Secretary of the Council and Demos

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Law Against Tyranny

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Law Against Tyranny In the fourth century B.C. the Athenians were faced with the dangerous possibility of tyranny. Although the Macedonian king had guaranteed Athenian democracy in the peace following ... It shall not be permitted for anyone of the councilors of the Council of the Areopagus—if the Demos (the People) or the democracy in Athens has been overthrown—to go up into the Areopagus or sit in the Council or deliberate about anything. If anyone, the Demos or the democracy in Athens having been overthrown, of the councilors of the Areopagus does go up into the Areopagus or sits in the Council or deliberates about anything, both he and his progeny shall be deprived of civil rights and his substance shall be confiscated and one tenth given to the Goddess. The secretary of the Council shall inscribe this law on two steles of stone and set one of them by the entrance into the Areopagus . . . and the other in the Assembly.

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[Agora Object] I 781: Honorary Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken all around; from a large base. Honorary monument of the council of the Areopagos. Part of three letters preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Other fragments which belong or join: ... 1 May 1933 ... Honorary monument of the council of the Areopagos.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 17, p. 5

The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Decree of the Council. Sterling Dow, Prytaneis, Hesperia, Suppl. I, 1937, pp. 9-11. I.G. II², 929. Sterling Dow, ... Agora 15 5 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Decree of the Council

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 1 (1937): Prytaneis: A Study of the Inscriptions Honoring the Athenian Councillors

Dow, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Prytaneis were the executive officers in charge of the Athenian council (or boule) after its reorganization by Cleisthenes in the 6th century B.C. This study presents all documents recovered from the Athenian ... 1937 ... Prytaneis were the executive officers in charge of the Athenian council (or boule) after its reorganization by Cleisthenes in the 6th century B.C.

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[Agora Image] 2003.01.0046

The Dedication of the Stoa of Attalos. Ceremonies held in the lower colonnade filled by 1500 people: diplomatic corps, the Archaeological Service and Council, the foreign archaeological schools and several ... Sheet 4 Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Sep 1956 ... Ceremonies held in the lower colonnade filled by 1500 people: diplomatic corps, the Archaeological Service and Council, the foreign archaeological schools and several hundreds of those artisans who had built the Stoa, together with their families.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 50, p. 25

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; ... Agora 14 25 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Oldest Buildings

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 12, p. xi

Table of Contents. Table of Contents; Preface. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Plates. Table of Contents; ... Agora 14 xi ... Table of Contents; Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council ... Table of Contents; Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Oldest Buildings ... Table of Contents; Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Tholos

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Marble Stele

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Law Against Tyranny In 338 B.C. Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander defeated the Athenians and other Greek states in a battle at Chaironeia in central Greece. In the following year (337/6 B.C.) ... It shall not be permitted for anyone of the Councillors of the Council from the Areopagos [Supreme Court] - if the Demos or the democracy in Athens having been overthrown - to go up into the Areopagos or sit in the Council or deliberate about anything. If anyone of the Councillors of the Areopagos - the Demos or the democracy in Athens having been overthrown - goes up into the Areopagos or sits in the Council or deliberates about anything, both he and his progeny shall be deprived of civil rights and his substance shall be confiscated and a tenth given to the Goddess. The secretary of the Council shall inscribe this law on two stelai of stone and set one of them by the entrance into the Areopagos, that entrance, namely, near where one goes into the Bouleuterion, and the other in the Ekklesia.

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[Agora Image] 2008.19.0013

Map of demes and tribes. Each color stands for one of the 10 tribes, each mark for an individual deme. The lines link groups of demes that be- long to the same tribe. The number within each mark records ... DA 12266 Horizontal (normal) ... The number within each mark records the number of representatives sent each year to the Council (Boule) from that deme.

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[Agora Object] I 956: Honorary Monument Fragments

Two fragments from an inscription. Honorary monument to council of Areopagus. Fragment Ι 414 a), broken all round; on the inscribed face diagonal chisel strokes are visible. Above is a projecting moulding, ... 9 June 1933 ... Honorary monument to council of Areopagus.

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[Agora Image] 2003.01.0041

The Dedication of the Stoa of Attalos. Ceremonies held in the lower colonnade filled by 1500 people: diplomatic corps, the Archaeological Service and Council, the foreign archaeological schools and several ... Sheet 4 Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Sep 1956 ... Ceremonies held in the lower colonnade filled by 1500 people: diplomatic corps, the Archaeological Service and Council, the foreign archaeological schools and several hundreds of those artisans who had built the Stoa together with their families.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 34, p. 22

The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; Decline of the Council. The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; Summary ... Agora 15 22 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; Decline of the Council

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[Agora Image] 2008.18.0174 (LCT-114)

Fragment of an allotment machine (kleroterion), probably used in the Council House (in the period when there were 12 tribes) for the selection of committees representing all the tribes except that holding ... Raw scan in Public / Unworked / Projects / 2004.02. LCT Negatives Horizontal (normal) ... Fragment of an allotment machine (kleroterion), probably used in the Council House (in the period when there were 12 tribes) for the selection of committees representing all the tribes except that holding the presidency.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 54, p. 29

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Bouleuterion and Metroon. Hesperia, Supplement ... Agora 14 29 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Bouleuterion and Metroon

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 63, p. 38

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Eponymous Heroes. Hesperia, 6, 1937, pp ... Agora 14 38 ... 1931 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Eponymous Heroes

[Agora Object] I 1321: Base Fragments

Fragments of a large base. Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos. Fragment Λ 106a (a), preserves the left side and part of the moulding above. Five letters of the inscription and part of a sixth ... a) (Λ 106a) 10 February 1934 b) (Λ 106b) 10 February 1934 c) (Λ 106c) 24 February 1934 d) (Π 126) 13 February 1934 ... Honorary monument to council of the Areopagos.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 66, p. 41

Aristophanes, Peace, 1183. Aristophanes, Knights, 979. Andokides, I, 83. Demosthenes, XXI, 103. Demosthenes, XXIV, 23. Solon, XX, 94. Aischines, III, 38f. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; ... Agora 14 41 I 3625 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Tholos; Skias

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 71, p. 46

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Prytaneion. Hesperia, Supplement IV, pp ... Agora 14 46 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; The Facilities for Civic Administration; The Council; Prytaneion

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Citizenship Tribes and Demes

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Citizenship: Tribes and Demes Every male Athenian, above and beyond the regular universal military training for service in the citizen army, was subject to universal political service. Besides being a ... Besides being a member of the Assembly, he was almost certain, at least once in his lifetime, to be chosen by lot as one of the Council (Boule) of 500 and to serve for a year in this body which prepared legislation for the Assembly and coped, by means of smaller committees, with the day to day exigencies of administration. ... The number within each mark records the number of representatives sent each year to the Council (Boule) from that deme.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 12, p. xii

Thompson, Homer A., the Athenian Agora, A Guide to the Excavations and Museum, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1962. Thompson, Margaret, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens, New ... Agora 15 xii ... Traill, John S., The Political Organization of Attica, A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and their Representation in the Athenian Council, Hesperia, Supplement XIV (forthcoming)

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 260, p. 250

Cooks. Dionysios, tilemaker. T. Coponius Maximus. Dionysios II of Syracuse. Copy clerk. Dionysos. Corinth. Council. Croesus. Dioskorion, at Pherai. Curse tablets. Dioskouroi. Customs duty. Dioteimos, archon ... Agora 3 250 ... Council

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 131, p. 113

U. Kahrstedt, Klio 31, 1938, pp. 1-25 (esp. pp. 1-6). Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 49-52. CQ n.s. 35, 1985, pp. 55-60. Hansen, Classica et Medievalia 32, 1979-1980, pp. 87-104. D.M. McDowell, JHS 95, 1975, ... Agora 16 113 I 4899 ... 19 May 1937 ... Wallace, The Areopagos Council to 307 B.C., 1989, pp. 179-184 ... Wallace, The Areopagos Council to 307 B.C., 1989, pp. 179-184, p. 218

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Agora and Pnyx

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The Agora and Pnyx Center of public activity, the Agora was a large open square where all the citizens could assemble (2, 3). It was used for a variety of functions: markets, religious processions, athletic ... Around its edges stood the buildings needed to run the democracy: the Council House (Bouleuterion), magistrates’ headquarters, archives, mint, lawcourts, and civic offices.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Judiciary and Lawcourts

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Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a city notorious throughout Greece for the litigiousness of her citizens, were both numerous and large. Several of these lawcourts were in the immediate ... The kleroterion illustrated in 27 has 11 columns and was probably used not in the courts but in the Council House (in the period when there were 12 tribes) for the selection of committees representing all tribes except that holding the presidency. ... The klepsydra illustrated in 30 is marked with the name of a tribe, Antiochis, and was probably used in the Council House when that tribe was presiding in the Council.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 13, p. 1

The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Council and the Prytaneis. Aristotle, Ἀθ. Πολ., 21, 6. Charles Hignett, A History of the Athenian Constitution, ... Agora 15 1 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Council and the Prytaneis

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Introduction

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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 ... The excavated buildings, monuments, and small objects (Fig. 2) illustrate the important role it played in all aspects of civic life. The council chamber (Bouleuterion), public office buildings (Royal Stoa, South Stoa I) and archives (Metroon) have all been explored.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 15, s. 33, p. 21

The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Eponymoi. The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Council of the ... Agora 15 21 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 15; Inscriptions; The Athenian Councillors; Introduction; The Council of the Five Hundred and Twenty

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Museum

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The Museum On display in the public galleries of the stoa is a selection of the thousands of objects recovered in the past 75 years, reflecting the use of the area from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1500. The public ... Fragment of an allotment machine (kleroterion), probably used in the Council House (in the period when there were 12 tribes) for the selection of committees representing all the tribes except that holding the presidency.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Athenian Currency

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Athenian Currency Many of the specialized administrative boards have left material traces of their activities. Most prolific of these were the moneyers, or Overseers of the Mint. Throughout her history ... If anyone brings forward [foreign silver coinage] which has the same device as the Attic, [if it is good], let the Tester give it back to the one who brought it forward; but if it is [bronze] or lead at the core, or counterfeit, let him cut it [immediately] and let it be sacred to the Mother of the Gods, and let him deposit it with the Boule (Council)” (missing words are restored in square brackets).

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Military Service

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Military Service After the 18-year-old was registered in his deme as a citizen and was approved by the Council, he entered military service as a young conscript (ephebe) with other members of his tribe ... Military Service After the 18-year-old was registered in his deme as a citizen and was approved by the Council, he entered military service as a young conscript (ephebe) with other members of his tribe.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 13, p. xiii

J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1956. Acta Archaeologica, Copenhagen, from 1930. The Aegean and the Near East, Studies Presented to Hetty Goldman, ed. by Saul S. Weinberg, Locust ... Agora 11 xiii ... Archaeological Reports, published by the Council of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and the Managing Committee of the British School at Athens

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Archaeological Site

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The Athenian Agora The Agora of Athens was the center of the ancient city: a large, open square where the citizens could assemble for a wide variety of purposes. On any given day the space might be used ... These buildings, along with monuments and small objects, illustrate the important role it played in all aspects of public life. The council chamber, magistrates’ offices, mint, and archives have all been uncovered, while the lawcourts are represented by the recovery of bronze ballots and a water-clock used to time speeches.

[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, ... But the Council resisted, and the multitude banded together, so the forces of Kleomenes and Isagoras took refuge in the Acropolis, and the people invested it and laid siege to it for two days.

[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 ... In addition, several ancient texts refer to the great unworked stone (lithos) found in place in front of the building (19.3), which was used by the king archon when, as chief of the religious magistrates, he administered their oath of office: "They took the oath near the Royal Stoa, on the stone on which were the parts of the (sacrificial) victims, swearing that they would guard the laws" (Pollux 8.86) and "the Council took a joint oath to ratify the laws of Solon, and each of the thesmothetes swore separately at the stone in the Agord' (Plutarch, Life of Solon 25.2).

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 18, p. xviii

Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικης Εταιρείας. Praschniker, C., "Der Herme des Alkamenes in Ephesos," Jahreshefte, XXIX, 1935, pp. 23-31. A. E. Raubitschek, Dedications from the Athenian Akropolis, Cambridge, ... Agora 11 xviii ... American Council of Learned Societies, Studies in the History of Culture, The Disciplines of the Humanities, Menasha, Wisconsin, 1942

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 19, s. 12, p. xii

M.H. Hansen, Apagoge, Endeixis and Ephegesis against Kakourgoi, Atimoi and Pheugontes (Odense University Classical Studies 8), Odense 1976. A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens: Procedure, Oxford 1971. Hesperia, ... Agora 19 xii ... Trail, The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Represantation in the Athenian Council, Princeton 1975

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 271, p. 246

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Clamps; Double T. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Demos. The Athenian ... Agora 14 246 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Council ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Council House

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 169, p. 145

The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index. The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Academy. The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; ... Agora 24 145 ... The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Areopagus; Council of the Areopagus