An Ancient Shopping Center: The Athenian AgoraAs well as being a political center, the Agora was the focus of a noisy and varied commercial life. This booklet illustrates the archaeological, documentary, and pictorial evidence for such diverse trades as shoe-making, fishmongering, weaving, and the manufacture of luxury goods and perfumes. Shopping was just one aspect of this public space: ancient Athenians would also have received medical treatment, been married and buried, made sacrifices, and received education in the Agora. The material remains from all of these activities are also discussed. Vivid illustrations and useful resources, such as a table of prices and coinage, bring the bustling marketplace to life. |
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Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 13 |
Section 3 | 35 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 45 |
Section 6 | 53 |
Section 7 | 55 |
Section 8 | 59 |
Section 9 | 65 |
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2nd century A.D. Ancient animals Athenian Agora Athens Attalos Back bearing became birds bone bottles bought bronze cakes carried Chair cheap Child's citizens classical period clay clothing Coins containers Cooking cost court Courtesy Cover cups dead decorated drachmai Drawing early EQUIPMENT especially fish Gems glass Gods Gold Grave Greek Period Hair Pin Hellenistic and Roman Hellenistic Period Hesperia Hobnails household imitating imported inscribed iron jewelry LADIES Late later lead Lock manufactured Marble Medical Museum obol obtained offerings Oil Flasks olive ordinary perfume perhaps Persian Picture Book popular pots reached revised rich rings Roman Period scenes School shoes sides silver Simon's Socrates sold sometimes Spindle Stater sth century B.C. Stoa stone Studies terracotta threads tiny types usually Various vases visited Votive wage wedding weights Wine young youths
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Ancient Shopping Center: The Athenian Agora Volume 12 of Agora Picture Books Issue 12 of Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture book |
| Authors | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| Editor | American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| Contributor | Dorothy Burr Thompson |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | ASCSA, 1993 |
| ISBN | 087661635X, 9780876616352 |
| Length | 32 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / Greece Social Science / Archaeology |
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