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Overview of Topics

• Markets and coins

• Sculpture

• Review thoughts

Relief Sculpture

• Unified decoration from top to bottom

• Early examples of relief sculptures depicting themes

• Example: A vessel body showing an attack on the innocent

• Square panels on a vessel illustrate separate views of intricate events

The Greek Agora

• Significance of civic architecture in the prehistoric era

  • Development of the Agora in the 7th century

  • The Agora as a key public space in Greek city-states

• Definition and purpose of the Agora

  • Functions as a market and center for public buildings

  • Included buildings like the Bouleuterion (council hall) and Stoas

    • Stoas: multifunctional buildings, often law offices or market stalls

• Religious buildings within the Agora

  • Temples to deities, such as Zeus Agoraios

• Boundaries and layout of the Agora

  • Temenos: sacred boundary