[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Army

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The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... the other a description of ... propitiate the gods on behalf of ... victory of the Athenian army

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Sources and Documents

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Sources and Documents Our understanding of the workings and history of Athenian democracy comes from a variety of sources. Most useful, perhaps, are the ancient literary texts that survive, many of which ... Birth of Democracy: Sources and Documents

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

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The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

[Agora Object] I 1182: Record Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken on all but two faces. These have what seem to be independent inscriptions, the longer of which is almost illegible. Treasure record; for Athena and the other Gods. The other ... Early 4th. century B.C ... Athena and the other Gods. The other inscription is in ... Found in the wall of the ... on Vrysaki map], south of the central part of the

[Agora Object] I 5799: Record Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Record of accounts kept by Treasurers of Athena. Opisthographic. Fragment ΒΒ 283 a), left side (of face A) preserved; broken at top and bottom and other side. On face A, eight lines ... End of 5th. century B.C ... End of 5th. century B.C.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Military Service

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Military Service After the 18-year-old was registered in his deme as a citizen and was approved by the Council, he entered military service as a young conscript (ephebe) with other members of his tribe ... his account of the battle, ... (ephebe) with other members of ... members of the tribe of more

[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 ... gives a brief account of the ... through the work of ... their fields and many of the

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 204, p. 185

Table-supports. Tryphon and Polycharmos, Athenian New Style coin. Terracottas, archaistic idols, 4th century B.C. Altar of the Twelve Gods. Thanatos. Tyche. Theater. Tyrannicides. Tyrannicides of Kritios ... Agora 11 185 ... Accounts of Treasurers of the Other Gods ... Altar of the Twelve Gods ... Tyrannicides of Kritios and Nesiotes