[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Navy

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The Athenian Navy With thousands of kilometers of coastline and hundreds of islands, the Greek world was likely to be dominated only by a naval power. A generation after the establishment of democracy ... early as the 5th century B.C ... Athenian constitution, I cannot ... this choice, I will

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Introduction

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Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aeschylus, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, Thucydides, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen ... flourished here during the 5th and ... public life. Figure 1. Plan ... (Fig. 1; and restored

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: History of the Agora

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History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... excavated, shedding light on 5 ... speaks]: "'I have never feared ... deceive each other. If I keep

[Agora Webpage] Overview: Photography

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Photography A photograph made using the traditional silver halide process is a visual record largely unaltered by the photographer. It is this quality of capturing a mirrored image of the scene that lends ... 36 m” (Nb. Ε I, p. 140; June ... Section Ε on July 7, 1931, at 5 ... 33). “In 5/A at -2.50 was

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Notebooks

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The Notebooks The process of excavating an archaeological site is essentially destructive but the irrevocable features are preserved in a notebook. The excavator records his thoughts and observations, ... first two pages of Nb. Ε I, ... life-size” (Nb. Ε I, p. 4; April ... εργολάβοϚ [contractor]” (Nb. Ε 1

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Solon the Lawgiver

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Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. Many citizens were reduced to the status of ... For to the common people I ... rich, even for those I ... harm. I stood with a mighty

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Tyranny

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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 ... (Herodotus 1.64), Aristotle's ... 16.1-2) Aristotle has further ... Miltiades. For 599/1 B.C. we can

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: State Religion

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State Religion: The Archon Basileus There was no attempt in Classical Athens to separate church and state. Altars and shrines were intermingled with the public areas and buildings of the city. A single ... (compare 5.1). In addition, ... the late 5th century B.C ... 1.3.1). Pausanias describes