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AGORA , originally, in See also:primitive times, the See also:assembly of the See also:Greek See also:people, convoked by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king or one of his nobles. The right of speech and See also:vote was restricted to the nobles, the people being permitted to See also:express their See also:opinion only by signs of See also:applause or disapproval. The word then came to be used for the See also:place where assemblies were held, and thus from its convenience as a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-place the agora became in most of the cities of See also:Greece the See also:general resort for public and especially commercial inter-course, corresponding in general with the See also:Roman See also:forum. At See also:Athens, with the increase of See also:commerce and See also:political See also:interest, it was found advisable to See also:call public meetings at the Pnyx or the See also:temple of See also:Dionysus; but the important assemblies, such as meetings for See also:ostracism, were held in the agora. In the best days of Greece the agora was the place where nearly all public See also:traffic
was conducted. It was most frequented in the forenoon, and then only by men. Slaves did the greater See also:part of the purchasing, though even the noblest citizens of Athens did not See also:scruple to buy and sell there. Citizens were allowed a See also:free See also:market; foreigners and metics had to pay a See also:toll. Public festivals also were celebrated in the open See also:area of the agora. At Athens the agora of classical times was adorned with trees planted by See also:Cimon; around if numerous public buildings were erected, such as the See also:council chamber and the See also:law courts (for its See also:topography, see ATHENS). See also:Pausanias (especially vi. 24) is the See also:great architectural authority on the agorae of various Greek cities, and details are also given by See also:Vitruvius (v. 1).
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