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The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill. [1] The Agora's initial use was for a commercial ...
Temple of Ares. Coordinates: 37.9755°N 23.7228°E. Estimated floor plan of the original Temple of Ares with adjacent altar. The Temple of Ares was a Doric hexastyle peripteral temple dedicated to Ares, located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Fragments from the temple found throughout the Agora enable a full, if tentative ...
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The Biden campaign is looking for creative ways to mobilize those voters over the age of 65 heading into November. They’ve organized pickleball tournaments, bingo games, pancake breakfasts and ...
A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect after the oil industry on Thursday withdrew a referendum from the November ballot asking ...
A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago testified Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to ...
Stoa Poikile. Coordinates: 37.9763°N 23.7230°E. Plan of the Agora at the end of the Classical Period (ca. 300 BC); the Stoa Poikiles is number 11. Plan of the Ancient Agora of Athens in the Roman Imperial period (ca. 150 AD). The Stoa Poikile ( Ancient Greek: ἡ ποικίλη στοά, hē poikílē stoá) or Painted Portico was a Doric ...
The Roman Agora was built around 100 metres east of the original agora by Eucles of Marathon between 27 BC and 17 BC (or possibly in 10 BC), using funds donated by Augustus, in fulfilment of a promise originally made by Julius Caesar in 51 BC. [1] The Roman Agora has not today been fully excavated, but is known to have been an open space ...