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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 ... The fragments of frescoes inside are of the 17th century, some from this building and the rest recovered from other churches in the area. Figure 67. Church of the Holy Apostles, ca. A.D. 1000. Figure 68. Plan of the Church of the Holy Apostles. Figure 69. Church of the Holy Apostles before restoration. (1953) Figure 70. |
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 ... Figure 72. The area of the Agora before the start of excavations in 1931, view from the west. Figure 73. Panorama of the Agora excavations, also from the west. (2002) Figure 74. Watercolor of the Agora in 1834 (Wolfensberger), view looking west. Figure 75. Giants and tritons of the Odeion of Agrippa before the start of excavations, view looking east. |
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 ... They are slightly more comprehensible if viewed from the ancient road that ran above them to the south. Figure 29. Cutaway view of the Archaic and Classical buildings along the south side of the Agora. Figure 36. South side of the Agora, ca. 400 B.C. ... One of the largest fountains of the city, the building is dated on the basis of pottery to the years around 350–325 B.C. Figure 30. Model of the Southwest Fountain House, one of the largest in Athens, ca. 350–325 B.C. |
http://agathe.gr/guide/boundary_stones_and_house_of_simon_the_cobbler.html Boundary Stones and House of Simon the Cobbler Inscribed marble posts were used to mark the entrances to the Agora wherever a street led into the open square. Two have been found in situ, inscribed with ... Second, markers were needed to define what was public land, to prevent encroachment by private buildings. Figure 23. Agora boundary stone found east of the Tholos, ca. 500 B.C. Figure 24. Agora boundary stone found deep under the Middle Stoa. ... Figure 26. Material found at the house of Simon the cobbler: bone eyelets, iron hobnails, and the base of a cup inscribed with Simon’s name. |
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 ... Five hundred Athenian citizens were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and met in this building every day except during festivals to prepare legislation for the meetings of the ekklesia (assembly of all citizens), which met at the Pnyx every ten days. Figure 17. Model of the Old Bouleuterion. ... (Figs. 17, 18) that lies under the Metroon. Figure 18. Restored perspective view of the interior of the Old Bouleuterion, ca. 500 B.C. |
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 ... Two projecting wings were added between 410 and 400 to display new copies of the law code of the city. Figure 62. Reconstruction of the Royal Stoa, as it would have appeared in ca. 300 B.C. ... (Pollux 8.86) Figure 63 (right). The lithos or oath-stone, set up on the steps of the Royal Stoa. Figure 64. The remains of the Royal Stoa, view from the south. |
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 ... Pausanias identified this building as the Enneakrounos (nine-spouted) fountain, built in the 6th century B.C. by the tyrant Peisistratos, but Thucydides -- who presumably knew better -- locates that famous monument south of the Acropolis, below the sanctuary of Olympian Zeus. Figure 33. Actual state and restored plans of the Southeast Fountain House, second half of the 6th century B.C. Figure 34. Model of the Southeast Fountain House, view from the north. Figure 35. Juncture of overflow pipes from the basins of the Southeast Fountain House. |
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 ... (Harpokration) Figure 58. Plan of the northwest corner of the Agora, principal entrance into the public square. Figure 59. A reconstruction of the northwest corner of the Agora in ca. 420 B.C., with the Royal Stoa at left and the Painted Stoa at upper right, looking northwest. Figure 60. Three Herm heads found at the northwest corner of the Agora (from left to right): 2nd century A.C., late 5th century B.C., and early 5th century B.C. |
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