Ancient Agora of Athens

Ancient Agora of Athens
Αρχαία Αγορά της Αθήνας
	Central Athens
Alternative name	Classical Agora
Location	Greece
Region	Attica
Coordinates	37°58′30″N 23°43′21″E / 37.97500°N 23.72250°E
History
Material	Marble
Founded	6th century BC
Periods	Classical era
Cultures	Ancient Greece
Site notes
Excavation dates	1931 until today
Archaeologists	American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Condition	Ruined
Ownership	Public property
Management	Minister for Culture
Public access	Yes

View of the ancient agora. The temple of Hephaestus is to the left and the Stoa of Attalos to the right.

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, assembly, or residential gathering place.^[2]

^ R. E. Wycherley, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia (Athenian Agora) (American School of Classical Studies, 1957), p. 27.
^ Sakoulas, Thomas. "The Agora of Athens". ancient-greece.org. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

[1] R. E. Wycherley, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia (Athenian Agora) (American School of Classical Studies, 1957), p. 27.

[2] Sakoulas, Thomas. "The Agora of Athens". ancient-greece.org. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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