[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 ... Several dozen lead strips recording the color, brand, and value of the cavalry mounts have been found in the Agora, where the cavalry trained. ... Recovered from a well in the northwest corner of the Agora, this lead strip carries an inscription recording the registration of a horse. ... 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).

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[Agora Publication] Agora XI: Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965 ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to early 4th century B.C.), and two restricted groups of sculpture common in Athens. ... 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 ... The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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[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 ... The Herms of the Agora, Location and Meaning ... The Herm of Andokides and Tribal Herms ... The Herms of the Odeion of Agrippa

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 200, p. 181

Gigantomachy. Herakles. Gorgons. Gouge. Graces. Grave monuments. Gravestones. Herculaneum. Herm. Hermaphrodite. Hermathena. Hermeracles. Hermes. Griffin-bird. Hermes Agoraios. Groups. Gymnasia. Altar of ... Agora 11 181 ... Altar of Hermes ... Hermes; Leader of the Nymphs ... Herms of the Agora