agora

(noun)

A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

Related Terms

  • tyrant
  • portico

Examples of agora in the following topics:

  • The Agora

    • An agora was the central, public space of Greek poleis, singular polis.
    • The agora would also be surrounded by civic and religious buildings.
    • The Athenian Agora is an excellent example of an ancient agora from the Classical period.
    • The Agora was located near the Acropolis, and the route of the Panathenaic Way passed through the agora on its way up the Acropolis.
    • Tyrants continued to improve the agora with new buildings, temples, fountains, and trees.
  • Urban Planning in the Greek High Classical Period

    • Typically the public spaces of the Greeks' agorae and theatres were located at the center of the city.
    • The agora was the central component of the city.
    • The agora stretched the length of six city blocks and was flanked on its southern side by the Temple of Zeus.
    • A Temple of Athena was located just northwest of the agora.
    • Blocks of housing surrounded the agora.
  • Architecture in the Hellenistic Period

    • A stoa, or a covered walkway or portico, was used to bind agorae and other public spaces.
    • Both the stoa and the agora were used by merchants, artists, religious festivals, judicial courts, and civic administrations.
    • The Stoa of Attalos (c. 150 BCE) in Athens was built in the Agora, under the patronage of King Attalos II of Pergamon.
    • Odeon of Agrippa, Agora, Athens, Greece.
  • Pergamon

    • Both the upper and lower portions of the acropolis were home to many important structures of urban life, including gymnasiums, agorae, baths, libraries, a theater, shrines, temples, and altars.
  • The Acropolis

    • The study of Classical-era architecture is dominated by the study of the construction of the Athenian Acropolis and the development of the Athenian agora.
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