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http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_prytaneis.html The Prytaneis (Executive Committee) The senators administered their meetings themselves. Each tribal contingent in the Boule served in rotation for a period of 35 or 36 days as the Prytaneis, or Executive ... Tholos dining ware, about 470-460 B.C. 9.2 Black-glaze kylix (drinking cup). H.: 0. 077 m. Athens, Agora Museum P 5117. 9.3 Small olpe (jug). H.: 0.133m. Athens, Agora Museum P 13429. ... H.: 0.286 m. Athens, Agora Museum S 834. |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_church_of_the_holy_apostles.html The Church of the Holy Apostles Though several churches were removed in the clearing of the site for excavation, it was decided to save and restore the little Byzantine church dedicated to the Holy Apostles ... The work was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and supervised by Alison Frantz. ... Good Byzantine masonry, similar to that of the eastern part of the church was exposed on the lower part of the north wall as far as the door and bell tower. The original length of this wall is so far unclear. |
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 ... ("Xenophon," Constitution of the Athenians 2.18) Terracotta mask of the Leading Slave, about 250 B.C. H.: 0.27 m. Athens, Agora Museum T 478. ... The mask is life-size but was probably not used as a mask but as a votive gift to be hung on a wall. Many of the comedies satirizing democracy and its practitioners were awarded prizes for excellence in dramas such as Aristophanes' Knights, produced in 424 B.C.: We have a master, boorish, angry, a beaneater, irascible: Demos of the Pnyx, a difficult old man and rather deaf. ... Mold for a statuette of a seated slave, about 35O B.C. H.: 0.067 m. Athens, Agora Museum T 2059. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_speakers.html The Speakers Litigants spoke on their own behalf, although occasionally using speeches prepared by trained professionals; skillful rhetoric was necessary in order to sway a jury. The speeches written by ... Fragmentary waterclock (klepsydra), late 5th century B.C. H.: 0.172 m. Athens, Agora Museum P 2084. The clay fragment preserves the base and part of the wall of a deep bowl. |
http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html 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 History, Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Center Authors: Thompson, H. A., Wycherley, R. ... The earliest church on the site, built over a wall of the 5th-century B.C. ... JSTOR | Search for Items Inside The Greek Coins Authors: Kroll, J. H., Walker, A. S.Publication Date: 1993ISBN: 978-0-87661-226-2Volume: 26 This volume catalogues over 16,577 identifiable Greek coins produced by the excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens between 1931 and 1990. |
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