[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: State Religion

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State Religion: The Archon Basileus There was no attempt in Classical Athens to separate church and state. Altars and shrines were intermingled with the public areas and buildings of the city. A single ... State Religion: The Archon Basileus There was no attempt in Classical Athens to separate church and state. ... A single magistrate, the archon Basileus or king archon, was responsible for both religious matters and the laws; appointed by lot, he served for a year. Aristotle describes his varied duties as follows: The basileus is first responsible for the Mysteries, in conjunction with the overseers elected by the people ... also for the Dionysia at the Lenaion, which involves a procession and contest. . . .

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 259, p. 249

Athens, primitive. Bouleuterion. Atreidai. Attalos II of Pergamon. Attis. Audoleon. Boundary stones. August Goddesses. Augustus. Autolykos. Axiochos. Axones. Ballots. Bouphonia. Bankers. Boustrophedon ... Agora 3 249 ... Basileus

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 268, p. 258

Synedrion. Synoikia. Synoikeia. Syracuse. Stelai. Syssitia. Tables. Stephano. Stilpon. Stoas. Tablets. Talos. Tarantinos. Tarentum. Taurobolic altar. Taxiarchs. Stoa Alphitopolis. Tears, libation of. Technitai ... Agora 3 258 ... Theogenes, Basileus

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Royal Stoa

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Royal Stoa On the west side, lying just south of the Panathenaic Way, are the remains of the Royal Stoa (Stoa Basileios), one of the earliest and most important of the public buildings of Athens (Figs ... It served as the headquarters of the archon basileus (king archon), second in command of the Athenian government and the official responsible for religious matters and the laws.