A place of congregation, especially an ancient Greek marketplace.
[Greek agorā.]
a·go·ra2 (ä'gə-rä')
n., pl., -rot, or -roth (-rōt').
A unit of currency in Israel.
[Hebrew 'ăgôrâ, from 'āgar, to hire.]
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ag·o·ra1 (ăg'ər-ə) |
n., pl., -o·rae (ə-rē'), or -o·ras.
A place of congregation, especially an ancient Greek marketplace.
a·go·ra2 (ä'gə-rä')
n., pl., -rot, or -roth (-rōt').
A unit of currency in Israel.
A place of congregation, especially an ancient Greek marketplace.
a·go·ra2 (ä'gə-rä')
n., pl., -rot, or -roth (-rōt').
A unit of currency in Israel.
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Plaster model of the Agora, Athens, as it might have appeared in the 2nd century (credit: American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
Plaster model of the Agora, Athens, as it might have appeared in the 2nd century (credit: American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
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The chief meeting place or marketplace in an ancient Greek city.
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| Classical Literature Companion: agora |
agora, in Greek literally ‘assembly’, especially of the people; then ‘place of assembly’, market place (Lat. forum), or city centre of a Greek city.
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| Columbia Encyclopedia: agora |
agora (ăg'ərə) [Gr.,=market], in ancient Greece, the public square or marketplace of a city. In early Greek history the agora was primarily used as a place for public assembly; later it functioned mainly as a center of commerce. Usually in a readily accessible part of the city, it was often surrounded by the public buildings, such as the royal palace, the law courts, the assembly house, and the jail. A favorite architectural device was the colonnade surrounding the agora. One of the highest honors was to be granted a tomb in the agora. The agora was similar to the Roman forum.
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This article is about the ancient marketplace; for the currency denomination of Israel see Israeli agora. For other uses, see Agora (disambiguation).
The Agora (Greek: Ἀγορά, Agorá) was an open "place of assembly" in ancient 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, the agora also served as a marketplace where merchants kept stalls or shops to sell their goods amid colonnades. From this twin function of the agora as a political and commercial space came the two Greek verbs αγοράζω, agorázō, "I shop", and αγορεύω, agoreýō, "I speak in public". The word agoraphobia, the fear of critical public situations, derives from agora in its meaning as a gathering place.
The Forum was the Roman equivalent of the Agora.
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