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The glory of the Ancient Agora

 

The Ancient Agora

As it used to be

 


The Agora ,meaning market or gathering place, was a civic and commercial center of ancient Athens, located northwest of the Acropolis. On a typical day, citizens shopping or participating in various political activities created a large flow of traffic.

The people in the Agora would have been predominantly male with the exception of women of the lower classes who had to help their family make a living and performed menial tasks (like getting water from one of the two fountain houses) alongside slave women from richer families. For fear of corruption, aristocratic families often did not allow their sons to frequent the Agora until young adulthood. To spend much idle time in the Agora was considered the mark of a bad character. Top


North-west side of the Agora North-West Side


The photo shows the north-west side of the Ancient Agora as it is now. The numbers on the photo refer to the buildings that used to be there and that are listed below.

1. Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios
2. Temple of Apollo Patroos (Ancestral Apollo)
3. Temple of Hephaestus
4. Metroon - Old Bouleuterion
5. New Bouleuterion
6. Tholos Top


A model of the reconstructed north-west side of the Ancient AgoraNorth-West Side - as it used to be

This photo shows a reconstruction of the same North-West side of the Agora.

1. Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios
2. Temple of Apollo Patroos (Ancestral Apollo)
3. Temple of Hephaestus
4. Metroon - Old Bouleuterion
5. New Bouleuterion
6. Tholos Top


The reconstructed south sideSouth Side - as it used to be

This reconstruction gives a good idea of how the south side of the Ancient Agora used to look like.

1. Tholos
2. Middle Stoa
3. South-west Fountain House
4. Heliaia (court house)
5. South Stoa
6. South-east Fountain House
7. Mint Top

  WHAT TO SEE IN ATHENS
  THE ANCIENT AGORA
  THE ANCIENT AGORA
  As it used to be
    North-West Side
    North-West Side - as it used to be
    South Side - as it used to be
  PAINTED STOA
  SANCTUARY OF APHRODITE
  OURANIA
  PANATHINAIC WAY
  ROYAL STOA
  STOA OF ZEUS ELEUFTHERIOS
  ALTAR OF THE TWELVE GODS
  TEMPLE OF ARES
  TEMPLE OF APOLLO PATROOS
  ARSENAL
  STATUE OF HADRIAN
  TEMPLE OF HEPHAISTOS
  MONUMENT OF THE EPONYMOUS
  HEROES
  OLD BOULEUTERION AND THE
  METROON
  NEW BOULEUTERION
  THOLOS
  SOUTH-WEST FOUNTAIN HOUSE
  HELIAIA
  SOUTH STOA
  ODEION OF AGRIPPA
  EAST BUILDING
  MIDDLE STOA
  ENNEAKROUNOS
  SOUTH-WEST TEMPLE
  NYMPHAEUM
  MINT
  SOUTH-EAST TEMPLE
  ELEUSINION
  PRIVATE HOUSES
  LIBRARY OF PANTAINOS
  STOA OF ATTALLOS
  ANCIENT AGORA MUSEUM
  AGHII APOSTOLI SOLAKI

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