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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 21, p. xx

J.J. Wolfensberger, 1834, Athens, Private Collection. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Abbreviations of Periodicals ... Agora 14 xx S 657 T 3444 L 3017 T 511 T 519 T 478 T 2404 T 1421 T 1422 T 1423 T 1424 ... 1969 ... J.J. Wolfensberger, 1834, Athens, Private Collection ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 389, p. 373

Athens, once private. Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Villa Grecque. Athens, National Museum, Akropolis Collection, 471. Athens, National Museum, Akropolis Collection, 1296. Athens, National Museum, Akropolis Collection, ... Agora 23 373 ... Athens, once private ... Athens, National Museum, Akropolis Collection, 471 ... Athens, National Museum, Akropolis Collection, 1296

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1258

Low ring foot with concave moulding beneath. Slightly convex lid with flat-topped knob. Glaze fired mostly red and peeled. Dipped. Cf. Athens Kerameikos HS 57 (better quality than most) and HS 171; Ferrara, ... Ca. 430 B.C ... Cf. Athens Kerameikos HS 57 ... 1952, pl. 6, 3 (private

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 954

Shallow convex wall, incurving at the rim; disc foot. Glaze on rim and outer face of foot. Intentional red glaze on wall inside and out, much peeled. Underside reserved. Incised on underside: Κ. One similar ... Ca. 450 B.C ... in private possession in Athens (H.0.03; diam. 0.08)

[Corinth Publication] Private and Public Lies: The Discourse of Despotism and Deceit in the Graeco-Roman World

Turner, Andrew J.; Chong-Gossard, James H. Kim On & Vervaet, Frederik Juliaan ... BRILL ... Graeco-Roman literary works, historiography, and even the reporting of rumours were couched as if they came in response to an insatiable desire by ordinary citizen to know everything about the lives of ... September ... Private and Public Lies: The Discourse of Despotism and Deceit in the

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[Agora Publication] The Middle Ages in the Athenian Agora

Frantz, M. A ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The story of the Agora did not end in A.D. 267, when the Herulians invaded the city. This booklet illustrates the ornate Early Christian carving and colorful green and brown glazed pottery that distinguished ... 1961 ... medieval Athens. Finds and architecture from the private houses

[Agora Webpage] Overview: Funding the Excavations

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Funding the Excavations The excavations began in the 1930's with the substantial support of John D. Rockefeller, who also funded the reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos (1953-1956) to serve as the site ... funding has come from private ... support from the private sector ... and particularly Athens -

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 259

Rim fragment. Glaze misfired reddish on outside; much abraded on rim and on neck. Max. dim. 0.092. Below the torus rim, chain of lyre lotuses and encircled palmettes. For this ornament, only with lyre ... Ca. 480 B.C ... cf. a calyx-krater once in a New York private

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 28

Two non-joining fragments, a of wall with start of return, b of handle, round in section. Thin glaze on inside of a. Surface pitted. Max. dim. a) 0.059, b) 0.115. Prange, Niobidenmaler, p. 216, cat. no ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Niobid Painter once in the Athens Market (ARV2 610, 25), now in a Berlin private

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 85

Pointed body. Alternate black and added red bands on the wall; lines of added red on the flat projecting rim have faded. Glazed inside. Another, finer but more fragmentary, P 17834 J 18:4-L. There is ... Ca. 550 B.C ... once on the Vienna market ... certainly Attic. Athens 18658 is

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[Agora Publication] Inscriptions: Horoi, Poletai Records, Leases of Public Lands

Lalonde, G.V. Langdon, M. K. Walbank, M. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The three types of inscription from the Athenian Agora presented in this volume are all concerned with important civic matters. Part I, by Gerald V. Lalonde, includes all the horoi found in the excavations; ... 1991 ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Northwest Corner and the Hermes

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Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). This was accordingly ... main gate of Athens, the ... Kallikrates in his work on Athens ... large numbers both by private

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

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Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... power in Athens once again ... 0.11 m. Athens, Agora Museum ... 0.073 m. Athens, Agora Museum

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1081

Ring foot. Two horizontal ribbon handles. Outturned rim. Handles glazed on outer face and most of inner. Under- surface has two glazed bands, the inner one covering inner and outer face of foot and area ... Ca. 450 B.C ... Athens, Kerameikos: Ath. Mitt., ... 2-3; once Marseilles,

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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Relief Molds from the Athenian Agora

Grandjouan, Clairève Markson, Eileen Rotroff, Susan I ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 100 clay molds found between 1931 and 1977 in the fills within the three great Hellenistic stoas that once lined the Agora (the Middle Stoa, the Stoa of Attalos, and the South Stoa) are published ... 1989 ... that once lined the Agora ... burial monuments in Athens

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 603

Mended from many fragments, with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notable among them the left horizontal handle and part of the wall below it. Glaze fired greenish around left handle; abraded ... Ca. 430 B.C ... Painter once in a private collection in Athens, here the ... Athens, Vlasto by the Kleophon

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Athenian Citizenship

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Athenian Citizenship The government of ancient Athens concerned itself with many aspects of the lives of its citizens. In the pure democracy of Athens the government was not only of the people and for ... government of ancient Athens ... of Athens the government ... democracy of ancient Athens can

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[APC Image] AK 0153

Fragment of a report of a commission in charge of building a temple (not, as once thought, the Erechtheum), in the mid 420s ... Fragment of a report of a commission in charge of building a temple (not, as once

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[Agora Publication] Inscriptions: The Funerary Monuments

Bradeen, D. W ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume presents the funerary inscriptions found in the Athenian Agora between 1931 and 1968. In addition, all Agora fragments of the public casualty lists known in 1971 have been included, together ... 1974 ... private monuments and his ... Athens

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[Agora Drawing] PD 1163 (DA 7800)

Black glazed pyxis, profile. Athens Market (Martins) ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) No inventory number - private 82-585 82-585 ... 1961 2008 ... inventory number - private

[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 ... 0.195 m. Athens, Agora Museum ... Athens, this piece preserves ... Athens, Agora Museum. Literary

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Overthrow and Revolution

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Overthrow and Revolution In 514 B.C. the tyrant Hipparchos was stabbed to death. The murder, actually the result of a love feud, was quickly deemed a political act of assassination and the perpetrators, ... B.C. L.: 0.323 m. Athens, ... spearhead L.: 0.215 m. Athens, ... Athens, Agora Museum B 1373.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Site before Excavation

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The Site before Excavation The Agora lies on sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis, below and east of the extraordinarily well-preserved Doric temple of Hephaistos, popularly known as the “Theseion” ... extensive neighborhood of private ... Independence. Once again the ... Athens/Piraeus railroad (d) cut

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[Agora Image] 1997.17.0096 (83-674)

Fallen boulders at east end of the terrace where the gate of the outer court once stood between the giant boulders ... 727 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Sep 1964 ... once stood between the giant

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[Agora Image] 2012.56.1399 (83-674)

Fallen boulders at east end of the terrace where the gate of the outer court once stood between the giant boulders ... AMS 727 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Sep 1964 ... once stood between the giant

[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 ... Athens, Agora Museum P 27646 ... m. Athens, Agora Museum P ... B.C. H.: 0.10 m. Athens,

[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 ... Athens, Agora Museum P 42. It ... Athens, Agora Museum. The ... century B.C. L.: 3.0 m. Athens,

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Slaves and Resident Aliens

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The Unenfranchised II - Slaves and Resident Aliens Also excluded from political participation were two other large segments of the population: slaves and metics (resident aliens). Slavery was common in ... Athens, but it was very rare to ... private homes, factories, and ... slaves in democratic Athens

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Late Roman Fortification Wall

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Late Roman Fortification Wall East of the East Building and Mint we arrive once again at the Panathenaic Way, which in this area is lined along its eastern side by a massive wall built in the 3rd century ... Building and Mint we arrive once ... Athens by the Herulians in

[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 ... center of Athens. During the ... private to public land seems to ... Athens politically and the 3rd

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

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The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... fragment: 0.113 m. Athens, Agora ... Athens, Agora Museum P 14655 ... The lawcourts of Athens

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[APC Image] AK 0601

Two horses, free-standing on very high relief, Greek, Pentelic marble. North façade of Parthenon in background ... From north. Once assosiated with Parthenon pediment (Athena's Chariot); now thought Roman. Dimensions: AK 6456: L 1.095m; AK 6457: L 0.97m. Roman(?) ... Once assosiated with Parthenon pediment (Athena's Chariot); now thought Roman.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 648

Handles missing. Foot in two degrees with reserved resting surface; under- side reserved with four circles and dot. Scraped groove just above foot. Decoration inside: five linked palmettes round central ... 390-380 B.C ... Private

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Speakers

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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 ... Athens, Agora Museum P 2084 ... Athens, Agora excavations. This ... on public or private

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

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History of the Excavations Some of the Agora monuments have never been fully buried and were explored by the Archaeological Society starting in the 19th century: the Stoa of Attalos (1859–1862, 1874, and ... extension of the Athens ... private sources: John D.

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[APC Image] AK 1068

Inscription on pedestal in annex of Acropolis Museum. Lower part of pedestal of white marble found in the pit under the Parthenon column drum. The name Khromon is very rare. It occurs once on a boundary ... 1934 ... once on a boundary stone

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Excavations

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The Excavations Excavations in the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens commenced in 1931 under the supervision of T. Leslie Shear. The systematic excavation of this important ... Classical Studies at Athens ... Studies, founded in Athens in ... private foundations and

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 177

Four non-joining fragments of neck and shoulder. P.H. a) 0.125; max. dim. b) 0.16, c) 0.11, d) 0.99. E. Laufer, Kaineus: Studien zur Ikonographie [Rivista di archeologia Suppl. 1], Rome 1985, pl. 12:35 ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... himself, once in the Lucerne Market, now in a Swiss private

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 201, p. 182

Herms; Attachment of arms. Herms; Back hair. Herms; Beardless, used as supports. Herms; Body modelled to hips. Epigram of Praxagoras. Herms; Bronze-headed. Herms with white heads and colored shafts. Herms; ... Agora 11 182 G 5:3 ... Herulian sack of Athens, A.D. 267 ... Herms; Dedications by private persons

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1269

Spreading ring foot on short fat stem. Steep wall; thin jutting ledge at top of wall. Convex lid with acorn knob. Reserved: resting surface and center of cone beneath, outer edge of foot, outer face of ... 500-480 B.C ... Private

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[APC Image] AK 1063

Left to right: E.M. 12773. Fragment of white marble. E.M. 12793. Fragment of white marble. The top is preserved. The third line seems to have been once erased and re-cut. Below the fourth line there are ... 1934 ... Athens

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Verdict

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The Verdict After the speeches and other evidence had been presented, the members of the jury voted by casting ballots. A series of vase paintings of the early 5th century B.C. show a mythological story, ... early 5th-century Athens, ... .70 m. Athens, Agora ... are not allowed once the

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 650

Part of bowl and lip. Convex lip, short upper wall, low wide bowl. Scraped groove just above foot. Decoration inside: palmettes within two incised lines. The shape, lacking the foot, is uncertain, but ... 390-380 B.C ... Private

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Citizenship Tribes and Demes

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

Citizenship: Tribes and Demes Every male Athenian, above and beyond the regular universal military training for service in the citizen army, was subject to universal political service. Besides being a ... people of Athens, who also, as ... least once in his lifetime,

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Jury

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The Jury The jurors for each trial were chosen from a large body of citizens available for jury duty for the period of one year. At the beginning of the year, each juror was given a bronze pinakion, a ... B.C. L.: 0.102 m. Athens, ... 0.015-0.023 m. Athens, Agora Museum ... and would proceed at once

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... lamps in Athens, a major ... founders of Athens, were much ... Athens available to a wide

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 394, p. 378

Munich, Museum antiker Kleinkunst, 1438. New Jersey, private. Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum,. Munich, Museum antiker Kleinkunst, 1445. Marseilles, Musée Borély. Munich, Museum antiker Kleinkunst, 1447 ... Agora 23 378 ... New Jersey, private ... Munich, once Loeb ... Munich, private

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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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 ... in Athens, the sanctuary ... center of classical Athens ... Athens. You can order

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 170, p. 146

The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Calenus. The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Index; General Index; Diadochica. The Athenian Agora 24; Late Antiquity ... Agora 24 146 ... Athens ... Athens; Asomata ... Athens; Hypapanti

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 12.2, s. 89, p. 462

Olynthus: Robinson, D.M., and others, Excavations at Olynthus, Baltimore, XII, Public and Domestic Architecture, pls. 186-187, 191, 218-219, pl. 191, 2, pl. 219, 2. Otchët Imperatorskot Arkheologicheskoǐ ... Agora 12 462 ... Πρακτικά τῆς ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἀρχαιολογικῆς Ἐταιρείας, Athens, 1956, pl. 80 β, pl. 83 ... Πρακτικά τῆς ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἀρχαιολογικῆς Ἐταιρείας, Athens, 1961, pls. 124-125 ... Pennsylvania University Museum Exhibit from Private Collections, August 24-29, 1964, no.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 12.2, s. 76, p. 449

Beazley, J. D., Attic Red-figure Vase painters, 2nd edition, [ARV], Oxford, 1963, p. 1503, 5. Benndorf, O., Das Heroon von Gjölbaschi-Trysa, Vienna, 1889, pl. 21. Bloesch, Hansjörg, Antike Kleinkunst in ... Agora 12 449 ... Archaeology in Athens, ... in Athens, Supplementary ... Beazley, J.D., Potter and Painter in Ancient Athens, London, 1946

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[APC Image] AK 0991

Red-figured sherds. Left top and bottom: Two fragments of a pointed (?) amphora, with the start of the handle at the right. A, Athena; B, maenads. Top piece, at the left is a maenad to right, looking ... 1934 ... and the vase once was

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 14, p. xi

The Athenian Agora; Volume 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Table of Contents. The Athenian Agora; Volume 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Table of Contents; Preface. The Athenian Agora; Volume 24; Late ... Agora 24 xi ... Recovery; Post Herulian Athens ... Constantine and Athens ... The City of Athens and Its

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Judiciary and Lawcourts

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Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a city notorious throughout Greece for the litigiousness of her citizens, were both numerous and large. Several of these lawcourts were in the immediate ... Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a ... out one at a time. Once the

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[APC Image] AK 0985

Attic red-figured sherds, kylikes and kotyles. Top Left: Fragment from the center of a kylikos. Herakles stringing his bow. The front part of his face is preserved showing the upper jaw of the lion skin ... 1934 ... Kotyle, once derived from

[Corinth Report] Kosmopoulos Trenches 2020 by Belza, Anna (2020-09-28 to 2020-11-20): Kosmopoulos Material From the National Archaeological Museum at Athens Returned to Ancient Corinth Museum

Anna Belza, PhD Candidate University of Cincinnati ASCSA Corinth Museum Project Volunteer Fall 2020–Spring 2021 Project: Alice Leslie Walker Kosmopoulos, repatriation of Prehistoric material from the National ... Archaeological Museum, Athens, in 2020 ... Archaeological Museum in Athens ... relocating to Athens ca. 1935. Her

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 15, p. xii

The Athenian Agora; Volume 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Table of Contents; Prosperity Decline and Disaster. The Athenian Agora; Volume 24; Late Antiquity A.D. 267-700; Table of Contents; Prosperity ... Agora 24 xii ... Vandals in Athens ... Vandals in Athens; Literary ... Vandals in Athens

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[APC Image] AK 0989

Black-figured sherds. Top left: Proto-Attic fragment of the rim (Acropolis I 369 a-b). The tail and the rump of a feline right; above, three hanging spirals. Orientalizing style. 675-640 B.C. Top middle: ... 1934 ... piece evidently once formed

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[APC Image] AK 1086

Black-figured sherds. Top row left to right: Fragment of lid of lekanis. Part of the top of the vase and the start of the rim. The wing, a small part of the haunch and tail of a sphinx facing left. Most ... 1934 ... Athens