Agora
In ancient Greece , the Agora means the gathering place, the market for the city. The Caplo are traders. It is an essential component of the concept of polis , so much so that Aristotle treat barbaric uncivilized because they have no agora.
The Agora of Athens was not only a lively market and smelly it was also the establishment of democratic institutions. He stood there the Bouleuterion where sat the Council of Five Hundred, in charge of drafting the laws passed in the Assembly. Juxtaposed, the Tholos hosted bouleutai tenth of day and night to ensure a permanent, before being replaced by fifty others. It was also on the Agora that was the Hlie People's Court. On this place, were political but also religious buildings like the temple of Hephaestus, still in perfect condition today.
The Agora was actually the center of social life. There was good to walk, philosophize with friends, especially in the shade of the Stoa Poikile , a portico with a succession of paintings telling historical scenes, and mythological episodes that were flown Shields took the enemy.
The agora is the equivalent of the Roman Forum Ancient (see the Roman Forum ).
Sources
- Science et Vie Junior Special issue No. 58, "The Greeks of antiquity Gifted", October 2004, p.10-11
Bibliography
- The French reference book: Roland Martin , Research on the Greek agora, studies of urban history and architecture, 1951
- Roland Stephen, Christel Mller, Francis Prost, Historical Archaeology of Ancient Greece, Ellipses, 2000
Cities Modern
In a new town or an urban modern pedestrian area around which there are administrative buildings, commercial and sometimes religious. In the new town of Evry , for example, the Agora was the public square that lies at the crossroads of footpaths and bus lanes, where there are theater, shopping center and the different equipment.
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