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http://agathe.gr/democracy/democracy.html Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aischylos, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen and philosophers, ... Model by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias, Athens, Agora Museum. Around the sides of this great square, the Athenians built most of their civic buildings; hence the Agora became the center of the Athenian democracy. ... Model by Fetros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias, Athens, Agora Museum. The 5th century B.C. saw the rise of Athens to a position of extraordinary prominence. During this century the Athenians fought and defeated the Persians, refined their democratic system under the leadership of Perikles, and built the great temples on the Acropolis. The last decades of the century saw them engaged in a terrible and costly war with Sparta, a war that was the democracy's harshest test. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/practice_of_ostracism.html Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... Athens, Agora Museum P 14490. Inscribed ΜΕΓΑΚΛΕΣ ΗΙΠΠΟΚΡΑΤΕΣ, Megakles son of Hippokrates. ... Athens, Agora Museum P 6107. Inscribed: ΧΣΑΝΘΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΡΙΦΡΟΝΟΣ, Xanthippos son of Arriphron. ... Athens, Agora Museum P 29461. Inscribed: ΘΟΚΥΔΙΔΗΣ, Thucydides. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_athenian_aristocracy.html The Athenian Aristocracy Before democracy, from the 8th to the 6th century B.C., Athens was prosperous economically but no more significant than many other city-states in Greece. Silver deposits south ... Athens, Agora Museum P 24673. This fragmentary day jug shows a symposion with banqueters reclining on a couch, a typically aristocratic activity. ... Athens, Agora Museum J 148. The jewelry was found in the Athenian Agora in a cremation burial of the mid-9th century B.C. ... Athens, Agora Museum G 587-S91, J 149. |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_stoa_of_attalos.html The Stoa of Attalos The Stoa of Attalos was originally built by King Attalos II of Pergamon (159–138 B.C.), as a gift to the Athenians in appreciation of the time he spent in Athens studying under the ... Oblique view of the Stoa of Attalos with the Acropolis in the background. ... It was chosen to serve as the museum because it was large enough and because enough architectural elements were preserved to allow an accurate reconstruction; in addition, the northern end stood to the original roof line, allowing precision in recreating the height of the building. ... Dedicated on the 3rd of September, 1956, the Stoa celebrates its 50th anniversary as the Agora museum in 2006. The “Law against Tyranny” inscription (I 6524) was also erected in the colonnade before the dedication ceremony. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/theater.html Theater Western drama was an Athenian invention which developed late in the 6th century B.C. out of the festivals celebrated in honor of the god Dionysos. Originally held in the Agora, the plays were soon ... Originally held in the Agora, the plays were soon transferred to the South Slope of the Acropolis, where a theater holding close to 15,000 people was constructed. ... Athens, Agora Museum T 2404. The mold shows a masked woman lying on a couch, a wreath in her right hand. ... Athens, Agora Museum T 2059. This fragmentary mold represents a slave seated with his legs crossed. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/overthrow_and_revolution.html 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, ... Athens, Agora Museum I 3872. This fragment is probably part of the original base under the statues of Harmodios and Aristogeiton, who assassinated Hipparchos. ... Athens, Agora Museum IL 1057. Bronze spear butt. ... Athens, Agora Museum B 1373. Almost immediately, factional strife among the large families broke out once again, pitting the Alkmaeonid leader Kleisthenes against a certain Isagoras. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_ekklesia.html 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 ... As a rule, the Ekklesia met at its own special meeting place known as the Pnyx, a large theater-shaped area set into the long ridge west of the Acropolis. 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. ... Athens, Agora Museum. The model shows the Pnyx in its first phase, generally associated with the Kleisthenic reforms. ... Athens, Agora Museum IL 656, 819, 893, 944, 1146, 1173, 1233. |
http://agathe.gr/guide/history_of_the_agora.html 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. ... Panorama of the Agora viewed from the south, with the Hephaisteion (Theseion) at left and the restored Stoa of Attalos (museum) at right. [King Cyrus speaks]: "'I have never feared men who have a place set apart in the middle of their city where they lie and deceive each other. |
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