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Bronze spartan shield-loot from the Battle of Pylos (425 BC). Ancient Agora Museum. News of the crisis at Pylos shocked the government of Sparta, and members of the government were immediately dispatched to the scene to negotiate an armistice. [8]
[63] [64] Most of the sculpture is in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (inv. NM 1732); parts of the left leg are in the Agora Museum (inv. S 1539). [65] She may have held a fragmentary shield (inv. S 2489). [66] The style of the drapery suggests a date in the 430s-420s BC, [67] [68] but with substantial restorations in the Augustan ...
In 1948, Homer Thompson (who was field director of the Agora excavations from 1946–1967 being undertaken by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) proposed that the Stoa of Attalos be reconstructed to serve as a museum to house archaeological finds. The Stoa was a suitable size and enough architectural elements remained to ...
The agora (/ ˈ æ ɡ ə r ə /; Ancient Greek: ἀγορά, romanized: agorá, meaning "market" in Modern Greek) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. The literal meaning of the word "agora" is "gathering place" or "assembly". The agora was the center of the athletic, artistic, business, social, spiritual, and political life ...
The Spartan shields' technical evolution and design evolved from bashing and shield wall tactics. They were of such great importance in the Spartan army that while losing a sword and a spear was an exception, to lose a shield was a sign of disgrace. Not only did a shield protect the user, but it also protected the whole phalanx formation.
Bronze Spartan shield captured by Athenian soldiers at the Battle of Pylos in 425 BCE and now stored in the Ancient Agora Museum. The first of the entry of the Suda runs as follows: Tyrtaeus, son of Archembrotus, a Laconian or Milesian elegiac poet and pipe-player. It is said that by means of his songs he urged on the Lacedaemonians in their ...
The museum is one of Greece's oldest archaeology museums. [1] Years after its opening, it was largely neglected with most of its pieces currently stored in warehouses. [1] In July 2020, the Greek Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni approved plans to construct a new Archaeological Museum of Sparta and renovate the existing museum. [1]
The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is an ancient Greek agora. It is located to the northwest of the Acropolis , and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos , also called Market Hill. [ 1 ]