MUSEUM OF THE ANCIENT AGORA OF ATHENS
Ancient museum on 2 levels with an exhibition of Athenian sculptural art.
Since 1957, the Museum of the Ancient Agora has been housed in the famous Stoa d'Attale, one of the largest porticoes of the Hellenistic period, which was completely rebuilt in the 1950s. The Stoa, erected in the middle of the 2nd century BC, is named after Attalus, the king of Pergamon, who wanted to adorn the Agora with this building, expressing his gratitude to the city of Athens. The building is rectangular, built on two levels of limestone and marble from the Penteelic mountain, 120 m wide and 20 m long.
On the first floor, the façade features a colonnade of 45 Doric columns, while the interior colonnade is Ionic. The facade of the second floor is also Doric, while the columns inside are in the Pergamonian order. The back wall, which in the post-Roman period formed part of the city's fortifications, corresponded to 21 stores per floor.
As for the present museum, modest in size but not without interest, it is essentially devoted to the functioning of the democratic regime in Athens. Among the objects on display are ostraca (shards engraved with the names of opponents of the regime who were exiled from Athens), clepsydras, evidence of political, honorary or votive institutions, inscriptions concerning diplomatic and administrative life, etc.
On the second floor: a highly representative exhibition of Athenian sculptural art (4th c. BC - 4th c. AD).
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