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Podium

The Ancient Agora speaker's platform (podium).

  1. Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )


    1937 Excavated.

  2. Ottoman era (1453- 1821)


  3. Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)


  4. Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)


    267 AD Destroyed by the Heruli.

  5. Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)


    150 BC Probably constructed around that era.

  6. Classical era (478-323 BC)


  7. Archaic era (800-479 BC)


  8. Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)


  9. Prehistory (-1100 BC)


What I can see

Today we only see the foundations of this Hellenistic monument. The foundations’ dimensions are 5.6 x 8.35m. and there were probably stairs to the right and left.

What I can't see

The monument was the platform from which speakers delivered speeches. In 88 BC the philosopher Athenion urged the Athenians from here to resist the Roman invasion. The Athenians voted for him and he became a general, but in the end, Romans won.

Bibliography

Camp J., (1990), The Athenian Agora, A guide to the excavation and museum, Athens