[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 201, p. 182

Herms; Attachment of arms. Herms; Back hair. Herms; Beardless, used as supports. Herms; Body modelled to hips. Epigram of Praxagoras. Herms; Bronze-headed. Herms with white heads and colored shafts. Herms; ... Agora 11 182 G 5:3 ... Herms; Attachment of arms ... Herms; Back hair ... Herms; Use

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 9, p. ix

Table of Contents. Preface. List of Plates. Abbreviations and Bibliography. Archaic Sculpture. Introduction. Provenance and Use. Chronology. Catalogue. Archaistic Sculpture. Definition of Terms. Archaistic ... Agora 11 ix ... Provenance and Use ... Herms ... Apollo Herms

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 203, p. 184

Peleus and Thetis. Repairs to sculpture in antiquity. Peplos in archaistic sculpture. Perirrhanteria in the form of archaistic korai. Retrograde inscriptions. Persephone. Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Agora 11 184 ... Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Rhamnous, ephebic herms ... Rome; Baths of Caracalla, herms in xystus

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Army

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The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... Citizens received military training during their service as ephebes from age 18 to 20: The people elect two athletic trainers and instructors for them, to teach them their drill as heavy-armed soldiers and to use the bow, javelin, and sling ... ... In a remarkable example of correlation between archaeological and literary evidence, Pheidon may be the same individual mentioned in a fragment of the 4th-century B.C. comic poet Mnesimachos, who wrote: "Go forth, Manes, to the Agora, to the Herms, the place frequented by the phylarchs (other cavalry commanders), and to their handsome pupils whom Pheidon trains in mounting and dismounting" (Athenaios, Deipnosophistai 9.402).

[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 ... The latter are the Hekataia (a triple Hekate figure) and the herms. The chronological range is thus from the earliest Archaic kouros (ca. 600 B.C.) through the herms and Hekataia of the Roman period. Among other questions, the author explores the nature of the archaizing movement and the different types of herms and how they were used in the Agora. ... After a general resumé of the historical development of the Agora, the monuments are treated in detail, grouped by their use and purpose. Each monument is discussed in the light of both the literary and the archaeological evidence for its identification and its restoration.