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[[Image:THES-Agora East stoa.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Stoa]] of the ancient '''''agora''''' de [[Thessaloniki]]]]
The '''Agora''' was an open "place of assembly" in ancient [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] city-states. Early in Greek history (900s–700s BCE), free-born male land-owners who were citizens would gather in the agora for military duty or to hear statements of the ruling king or council. Later in Greek history, the agora served as a marketplace where merchants kept stalls or shops to sell their goods under colonnades.
Classical [[Athens]] boasted a large agora in the very heart of the city. Under the Athenian dictators [[Pisistratus]] and [[Hippias]], the agora was cleared to a rectangular open area of about 600 by 750 yards, bordered with grand public buildings.
[[Image:TyreAlMinaAgora.jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Rome|Roman]] '''''agora''''' of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] ([[Archaeology|archeological]] sources of [[Al Mina]])]]
==Discovery==
The ancient Athenian agora has been excavated by the American School of Classical Studies since 1931. In the 1950s, the [[Hellenistic Stoa of Attalos]] was reconstructed on the east side of the agora, and today it serves as a museum and as storage and office space for the excavation team.
The word [[agoraphobia]], the fear of critical public situations, derives from agora in its meaning as a marketplace.
==External links==
*[http://www.agathe.gr Official homepage of the excavations at the Athenian Agora]
*[http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D3137A2395174CFB32E1C312D1DD2E9EA986 Official homepage of Izmir Agora Museum]
[[Category:Ancient Greek society]]
{{Ancient Greece topics}}
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