[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 ... State Religion: The Archon Basileus There was no attempt in Classical Athens to separate church and state. ... A single magistrate, the archon Basileus or king archon, was responsible for both religious matters and the laws; appointed by lot, he served for a year. Aristotle describes his varied duties as follows: The basileus is first responsible for the Mysteries, in conjunction with the overseers elected by the people ... also for the Dionysia at the Lenaion, which involves a procession and contest. . . .

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 259, p. 249

Athens, primitive. Bouleuterion. Atreidai. Attalos II of Pergamon. Attis. Audoleon. Boundary stones. August Goddesses. Augustus. Autolykos. Axiochos. Axones. Ballots. Bouphonia. Bankers. Boustrophedon ... Agora 3 249 ... Basileus

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 268, p. 258

Synedrion. Synoikia. Synoikeia. Syracuse. Stelai. Syssitia. Tables. Stephano. Stilpon. Stoas. Tablets. Talos. Tarantinos. Tarentum. Taurobolic altar. Taxiarchs. Stoa Alphitopolis. Tears, libation of. Technitai ... Agora 3 258 ... Theogenes, Basileus

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Royal Stoa

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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 ... It served as the headquarters of the archon basileus (king archon), second in command of the Athenian government and the official responsible for religious matters and the laws.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 279, p. 261

IG II², 658, line 2. A.S. Henry, Prescripts, pp. 55 and 71. IG II², 697. SEG XXI, 356. PA 5891. PA 7848. IG II², 1199, lines 23-24. Plato, Lysis 205 c-d. J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families, pp ... Agora 16 261 ... Meritt, RE III, co. 82, s.v. Basileus (2)

[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 ... The oath stone (6) has been found in front of the Stoa Basileios (or Royal Stoa), headquarters of the Basileus, chief religious and legal magistrate of the city.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 282, p. 257

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Walls; City. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Wooden; Bedposts. The Athenian ... Agora 14 257 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Zeus; Basileus

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 269, p. 244

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Archons; Polemarchos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Autolykos; Pancratiast ... Agora 14 244 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Basileus; see Archon

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 268, p. 243

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Abaton. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; ... Agora 14 243 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Archons; Basileus