Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Agora

After the Acropolis we walked down to the ancient Agora, which has been under excavation since the 1930s by the American School of Classical Studies.
A view of the Agora, and the Temple of Hephaestus, from
the Acropolis
















In the American School of Classical Studies Agora
Museum, "ballots" for ostracism















An ostracism ballot for Arissteides















Speaking of ballots, here's the Stele of
Democracy




















Athenian BBQ grill














The label said this was a toy; OK...
















Portico of the Stoa of Attalos, recreated by the American
School
















View from the Agora back to the Acropolis















Thought to be the House of Simon, an associate of
Socrates, who, like Plato, took notes on Socrates' dialogues















Looking back across the Agora to the Stoa of Attalos















The Temple of Hephaestus, in the Agora; perhaps the best-
preserved of all such temples; had it been on the Acropolis,
someone would have used it for target practice...

















In the vicinity of the various civic buildings in the Agora,
near where, we were told, would have been the jail where
Socrates drank his hemlock cocktail

















A block away from the excavated Agora, the remains of the
Library of Hadrian
















A nice lunch in the souvlaki alley















And everywhere around, more ruins, more excavation

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