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[Agora Object] A 1693: Cornice Fragment: Doric: Painted

Fragment from left end joint surface, preserved to bottom of via. Broken on right side. Traces of red and blue Doric leaf on crowning hawk's beak, red on face and on soffit of via. Nail hole with lead ... April 1949 ... Cornice Fragment: Doric: Painted

[Agora Object] P 8598: Stamnos Fragments with Paint Decoration

One fragment, mended from several, preserves part of the shoulder and rim; another comes from the body below the shoulder. A number of shoulder and body fragments do not join. Nothing of base preserved ... 25-26 May 1936 ... Stamnos Fragments with Paint Decoration

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[Corinth Object] S 3780: LIFE-SIZED LOWER LEG

Leg of life-sized figure, presumably male, bare from lower calf to ankle; possibly left leg with slight swell for start of calf muscle, beginning of outward curve over instep. Surface smoothed but not ... Context mixed to 5th c. A.D.; grave 1st c. with later interments ... Leg of life-sized ... swell for start of calf muscle, beginning of outward ... Fragment. Single frgt., from base of calf to start of ankle; surface badly

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[Agora Object] T 317: Fragments from Figurines

a) Right arm from shoulder to wrist. Traces of white paint. b) Fragment from waist of small draped figure (?) c) Fragment of mold of drapery from large figurine. Straight folds. Mould-made. Pinkish ... 1 June 1932 ... shoulder to wrist. Traces of white paint. b) Fragment ... figure (?) c) Fragment of ... Fragment c not found 2002. Found in 2018.

[Agora Object] A 2320: Cornice Fragment

Fragment of mutule and two guttae. Original top. Broken at front, back, and right end. Joint surface at left. Half of mutule on next block. Via partly preserved at right. Light buff poros with holes in ... 12 May 1953 ... (guttae) 0.042; W. (of half of ... of guttae) ca. 0.071

[Agora Object] T 1940: Mask Fragments

Fragment, mended from three, gives nose, upper part of gaping mouth, lower part of eyes, and hair on the mask's left side from nose to top of fragment. A non-joining piece (fragment b) gives also two locks ... 28 March 1939 ... no. 524 (fragment a); p. 59, no. 522 (fragment b); p. 60, no. 531 (fragment

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[Agora Object] T 914: Relief Plaque Fragments

Three non-joining fragments. Fragment a) from the left edge, with a plain framing band. To left: an altar, garlanded, and with a fire burning on it; in background a stele; a hand with phiale pouring libation ... 9-15 May 1935 ... paint with traces of yellow ... fragments. Fragment a) from the ... altar. Fragment b) preserves

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Tyranny

http://agathe.gr/democracy/tyranny.html

Tyranny As happened in many other Greek states, a tyrant arose in Athens in the 6th century B.C. His name was Peisistratos, and after several unsuccessful attempts he seized power in 546 B.C. and ruled ... Birth of Democracy: Tyranny