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Ancient Agora Museum
13-02-2013 15:12The restored Stoa of Attalos is the host of the Ancient Agora Museum. The monument dated to 150 B.C and was restored by the American School of Classical studies in 1953.
The museum exhibitions are all related of Athenian Democracy as Agora was the heart of city’s life. You can find objects dated from the 5th to the 2nd centuries B.C like a clepsydra (water clock) which was used in court of law and an ostraca which was used in voting to expel famous politicians such as Aristeideis and Themistoklis.
Inscriptions from the 5th century are also exhibited , among them there is a stele from 336 B.C during the period of Phyrichus archonship when the city voted a new law against tyranny.
You can also have a pretty good idea about the Athenians commercial life from the related exhibitions, the most important are a pair of gold earrings, terracotta shoes, some small terracotta animal toys found in a child’s grave, an ivory jewelry case from a Mycenaean tomb etc.
Some other important exhibits are various ceramic containers from the 6th century AD such as an aryballos ( small flask ) in a form of a knelling athlete (530 BC ), a red figure kylix ( drinking cup ) and a black figure krater by Exekias.
Around the peristyle you can see statues and architectural elements from the 6th century BC, especially impressive are a bronze Nike head, a Nereid statue, a marble female bust, a herm of a sleepy silenus and a marble statue of a winged Nike.
You can visit the museum in 24 Andrianou Str. daily 08:00 – 15:00 on winter season and 08:30 – 19:30 during the summer period.
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