n., pl., -o·rae (ə-rē'), or -o·ras.
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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agora
American Heritage Dictionary:
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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.
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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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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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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 other uses, see Agora (disambiguation).
The Agora (Greek: Ἀγορά, Agorá) was a central spot in ancient Greek city-states. The literal meaning of the word is "Gathering place" or "Assembly". The agora was the center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city.[1]
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Early in Greek history (10th century–8th century BC), 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 ἀγοράζω, agorázō, "I shop", and ἀγορεύω, agoreúō, "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 and the word is often used in older texts to refer to Greek agorai (plural of Agora).
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- ^ Ring, Salkin, Boda, Trudy, Robert, Sharon (January 1, 1996). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe. Routledge. pp. 66. ISBN 978-1884964022.
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