agora

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.