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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 46, p. 22

Maendar, Miletus. Thespiae. Himerius, Or. XXVII (XXV). PLRE, Scylacius 1. RE, s.v. Scylacius 1. Groag, Achaia, p. 34. L. Robert, Laodicée dy Lycos, pp. 339-351. H. Schenkel, RE, s.v. Robert. IG IV, 209 ... Agora 24 22 ... Pausanias, I.25.2

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 177, p. 153

Michael Choniates, S. Lambros, Athens 1879, repr. 1968, Vol. I, pp. 150-156. Philostratus, Vitae sophistarum [VS], W.C. Wright, 1961 (Loeb), !.1 (562). Philostratus, Vitae sophistarum [VS], W.C. Wright, ... Agora 24 153 ... Pausanias, F. Spiro, Leipzig 1903, repr. 1967, I.8.6 ... Pausanias, F. Spiro, Leipzig 1903, repr. 1967, I.24.8 ... Pausanias, F. Spiro, Leipzig 1903, repr. 1967, I.25.2

[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 ... The 2nd-century A.D. traveler Pausanias identified the stoa clearly: "The first (building) on the right is the stoa called Basileos, where sits the 'King' (Basileus) when he holds the annual magistery called 'Kingship'" (Description of Greece 1.3.1). Pausanias describes several clay akroterion figures on the roof of the stoa; fragments of these have been found. ... Preliminary arguments were held in the Royal Stoa, as we learn from Plato, quoting Sokrates: "Now I must present myself at the Stoa of the Basileus to answer the indictment which Meletos has brought against me" (Theatetos 201D) Photograph of the Lithos, or Oath Stone, late 6th century B.C.