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[Agora Notebook Page] ΝΝ-10-54 (pp. 1897-1898)

History of Well ... ΝΝ-10 1897, 1898 L 3907 L 3908 P 15650 P 15651 P 15652 P 15653 L 4088 P 17020 P 17021 P 17022 P 17023 P 17024 P 17025 Lot ΝΝ 266 ... History of Well

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: History of the Agora

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History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to modern times has been excavated, shedding light on 5,000 years of Athenian history. ... Several dozen wells reflect the position of houses and indicate that the area was given over to habitation as well.

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΟΕ-1-97 (pp. 185-186)

Well. History of the Well on the Slopes of Kolonos ... ΟΕ-1 185, 186 ΟΕ 68 P 3276 ΟΕ 69 P 3277 ΟΕ 70 P 3278 ΟΕ 71 P 3279 ΟΕ 79 P 3431 ΟΕ 80 P 3432 ΟΕ 55 P 3235 ΟΕ 82 A 295 ΟΕ 96 P 3464 ΟΕ 97 P 3465 ΟΕ 98 P 3466 ΟΕ 99 P 3467 Lot ΟΕ 75 Lot ΟΕ 76 Lot ΟΕ 77 Lot ... Well ... History of the Well on the Slopes of Kolonos

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Factional Politics

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Factional Politics: The Ostracism of Themistokles A group of ostraka found together in a pit on the North Slope of the Acropolis is of special interest. There were 190 ostraka, mostly the round feet of ... Factional Politics: The Ostracism of Themistokles A group of ostraka found together in a pit on the North Slope of the Acropolis is of special interest. ... Three samples from each of four hands are represented in the 12 ostraka here; letter forms and sizes as well as incised lines show the characteristics of individual handwriting. ... Seen in retrospect, Themistokles was as great a figure in Athenian history. When a great find of silver was made in southern Attica, it was he who convinced the Athenians not to distribute the money among themselves but to spend it building a great fleet of 200 triremes (war ships).

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ζ-2-146

Late Roman Well at 52/ΙΕ. Discovery and Opening Upper Part. Description of Upper Part and Blocks Removed. Description of Lower Part and of Pottery. History of Well. Objects. Further Notes on Filling ... Ζ-2 ... Late Roman Well at 52/ΙΕ ... Description of Lower Part and of Pottery ... History of Well

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Ekklesia

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The Ekklesia (Citizens' Assembly) All Athenian citizens had the right to attend and vote in the Ekklesia, a full popular assembly which met about every 10 days. All decrees (psephismata) were ratified ... In theory every assembly represented the collective will of all the male citizens of Athens, although the actual capacity of the Pnyx never seems to have exceeded 13,500, and for much of the Classical period it held only about 6,000. ... Three phases of the Pnyx. Drawing by John Travlos. ... Visible today are the foundation of the curved retaining wall of the auditorium of phase III and the rock-cut bema (stand for speakers), which projects from the scarp.

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[Agora Report] 1967 Ε

Section Ε: 1967 ... T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... The campaign of 1967 included both excavation and architectural study of various monuments in Section Ε along the east side of the Great Drain. Excavation took place in and about the Peribolos of the Eponymous ... 4 Jun-2 Aug 1967 ... The campaign of 1967 included both excavation and architectural study of various monuments in Section Ε along the east side of the Great Drain. ... Additionally five cross trenches were opened to test the stratification of the area and the history of the Great Drain. One of the trenches was dug from the Great Drain to the steps of the Marble Altar and gave evidence for the history of the monuments north of the Eponymous Heroes and the chronology of the Marble Altar.

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0260 (XLIX-68)

Well-head set up to show use: boy drawing water from a terracotta well-head. Well by Attalos Pier 8, 2nd half of 5th c. B.C ... Misc See 2017.01.0006 for higher resolution copy Horizontal (normal) ... 1951