Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria

A large, plain marble altar with a single line of Greek lettering.

Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria, the principal mythological protectors of Athenian phratries.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), p. 25, fig. 11.

Hesperia 60 (1991), p. 246.

Travlos (1971), fig. 720.

Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 616-617, figs. 4, 5.

Agora III, no. 112, p. 52.

Agora XVIII, no. V628.

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Object I 6709
Associated Passages
48. Hypothetically Speaking: Subordinate Clauses Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
Late 4th C. BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Inscription
ΦΡΑΤΡΙΟΥ
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Relief of the Cave of Pan (The North Slope of the Acropolis)

A half-moon shaped marble slab with a relief sculpture of a cave containing several figures and an animal

A relief of the Cave of Pan (north slope of the Acropolis), showing divinities gathered at a rustic altar for the birth of a baby (Dionysus or Ion?). The bottom of the relief is inscribed with the name of the dedicator: Neoptolemos, son of Antikles, of the deme Melite.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), pp. 43-44, 93, fig. 44.

AgoraPicBk 27 (2006), p. 50, fig. 53.

Ajootian (2005), p. 247, fig. 26.

Baumer (1997), pp. 70, 78, 82, 87, 113-114, 135, pl. 25.1.

Güntner (1994), p. 128, no. A 54, pl. 12.2.

Guide (1990), p. 201, fig. 131.

AM-BH 13 (1989), pp. 158, 199, 214, 240.

Camp (1986), p. 205.

Texte et Images (1984), pp. 59-60, pl. XVII, figs. 1, 2.

AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), title page.

Palagia (1980), pl. 67.

Neumann (1979), pl. 31a.

Guide (1976), p. 193, fig. 100.

Hesperia 42 (1973), pp. 168-170, pl. 35.

OpRom IX (1973), pp. 183-191.

ArchDelt 19 (1964).

Agora XXIV, p. 20, n. 215.

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Object I 7154
Associated Passages
47. The Optative Mood: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
ca. 330 BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Votive Stele to the hero Kallistephanos

A large rectangular marble slab, the top containing a relief scene with four figures and lines of Greek lettering beneath

An inscribed votive stele for the hero Kallistephanos, with a scene from the workshop of a cobbler, Dionysios.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), pp. 58, 60, fig. 37.

Hesperia 81 (2012), p. 476.

Hesperia 64 (1995), p. 124, no. 12.

AgoraPicBk 23 (1994), p. 11, fig. 14.

Guide (1990), p. 212, fig. 134.

Camp (1986), p. 147.

AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), p. 28, fig. 56.

Guide (1976), p. 208, fig. 107.

AJA 77 (1973), fig. 209.

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Object I 7396
Associated Passages
46. The Subjunctive Mood: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
4th C. BC.
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Fragment of a Monument Celebrating a Tribal Victory at the Panathenaia.

A section of marble with relief sculpture of an organized line of horses with riders.

A fragment of a sculpted monument commemorating a tribal victory in the ἀνθιππασία (team cavalry display) at the Panathenaic games. On the back is the inscription ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ, “the Leontis tribe won.”

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), pp. 32, 46-48, fig. 28.

Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 31, fig. 31.

AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), p. 29, figs. 41, 42.

Guide (1990), p. 204, fig. 132.

AM-BH 13 (1989), pl. 212.

Camp (1986), pp. 2, 121.

Hesperia 47 (1978), p. 194.

Guide (1976), p. 198, fig. 101.

Hesperia 40 (1971), p. 271, pl. 57c.

Agora XIV, p. 95, n. 72.

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43. The Perfect System: Part II Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
ca. 400 BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Inscription
ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Monument Fragment with a Relief of a Butterfly

A block of marble with a fragment of a relief sculpture showing a butterfly head, abdomen, and wing.

A fragment of a three-sided tripod base with a relief of a butterfly one one side. The fragment was possibly a Roman choregic monument, which was a type of trophy erected in honor of a Choregos (χορηγός, χορηγοῦ, ὁ), a chorus leader. Such monuments were generally erected to Choregoi who saw their productions victorious in the city Dionysia. 1st-2nd c. A.D.

Comments

Bibliography

Agora XVIII, no. C189, pl. 14.

Agora XXXV, no. 384, pl. 125.

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Object I 5868
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42. The Perfect System: Part I Key Terms and Concepts
Date
1st - 2nd C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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A Grave Monument for a Girl found in the Athenian Agora

A marble fragment with lines of Greek lettering in the middle and a fragment of a niche at the bottom.

A fragment of a grave monument for a girl, found in a modern wall south of the Market Square in Athens.

Comments

Bibliography

Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 283, no. 158, pl. 60.

Agora XVII, no. 740, p. 139.

Agora XXXV, no. 249, pl. 80.

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Object I 5508
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41. The Imperative Mood: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
1st to 2nd C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Base of an Altar to Nemesis from the Athenian Agora

two fragments of a marble rectangular base with lines of Greek lettering.

The base for a miniature votive altar dedicated to the goddess Nemesis, the goddess of retribution.

Comments

Bibliography

Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 87, no. 26.

Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 77.

Agora XVIII, no. V608, pl. 60.

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Object I 4790
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40. The Vocative Case: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
3rd C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Bilingual Monument from the Athenian Agora Excavations

A marble monument base with lines of Latin lettering on the top half and lines of Greek lettering on the bottom half.

A bilingual (Latin and Greek) grave monument. 1st c. A.D.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), p. 25, fig. 10.

Hesperia 32 (1963), p. 87, pl. 31.

Hesperia 10 (1941), p. 243, no. 43.

Agora XVII, no. 1056, p. 187.

Agora XXXV, no. 385, pls. 126, 127.

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Object I 774
Associated Passages
39. Participles: Part III Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
1st C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Dedicatory Plaque Fragment, Probably "To the Hero Physician"

A fragment of marble showing a relief fragment of a relief sculpture depicting an eye.

A dedicatory plaque, likely to ΗΡΩΙ ΙΑΤΡΩΙ, the Hero Physician, or Asclepius.

Comments

Bibliography

Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 39, no. 26.

Agora III, no. 347, p. 115.

Agora XVIII, no. V602.

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Object I 5968
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38. Participles: Part II Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
3rd - 2nd C. BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Fragment of an Altar Likely to Augustus from the Athenian Agora

A rhomboid fragment of marble with lines of Greek lettering inscribed.

A fragment of an altar, likely dedicated to the Roman emperor Augustus.

Comments

Bibliography

Agora XVIII, no. H281, pl. 28.

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Object I 1689
Associated Passages
37. Participles: Part I Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
1st C. BC to 1st C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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