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http://agathe.gr/overview/the_site_before_excavation.html The Site before Excavation The Agora lies on sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis, below and east of the extraordinarily well-preserved Doric temple of Hephaistos, popularly known as the “Theseion” ... The last destruction occurred in 1826, the result of a siege of the Acropolis during the Greek War of Independence. ... Aerial view of the Agora Excavations taken by the Greek Topographical Service, July 5th, 1933. ... German and Greek excavations, (f.) current excavations. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/democracy_from_the_past_to_the_future.html Democracy from the Past to the Future Searching for models for the new government they were creating, America's Founding Fathers studied both the democracy of Athens and the republic of Rome, but they ... Even today, the ideals of Greek democracy influence the way we govern ourselves. ... Paine believed that America had adapted the virtues of ancient Greek democracy to the modern world. Direct initiative, or the right of citizens to propose and vote on legislation, has roots in Greek democracy. In ancient Athens, all decrees had to be ratified by the assembly of citizens before becoming law. |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_excavations.html The Excavations Excavations in the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens commenced in 1931 under the supervision of T. Leslie Shear. The systematic excavation of this important ... The systematic excavation of this important site was entrusted by the Greek State to the American School of Classical Studies, founded in Athens in 1881. Negotiations began in 1925, soon after the Greek parliament voted not to undertake the project itself, largely because of the huge costs of expropriation. ... Shear assembled a staff that includes some of the best-known names in Greek archaeology: Homer A. |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_athenian_navy.html The Athenian Navy With thousands of kilometers of coastline and hundreds of islands, the Greek world was likely to be dominated only by a naval power. A generation after the establishment of democracy ... The Athenian Navy With thousands of kilometers of coastline and hundreds of islands, the Greek world was likely to be dominated only by a naval power. ... The trireme was the warship that brought Athens preeminence in Greek waters in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. |
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