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Agora   /ˈægərə/   Listen
Agora

noun
(pl. agorae, agoras)
1.
100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel.
2.
The marketplace in ancient Greece.
3.
A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece.  Synonym: public square.





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"Agora" Quotes from Famous Books



... Greece was invited to Athens to behold an exhibit of works of art. The display took place in the Agora. Pericles presided. At his side was Aspasia. Phidias, Socrates, Sophocles, and other renowned men stood ...
— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden
... of Athens, was the friend of Solon and a relative; an able but an ambitious man; being in favour with the citizens presented himself one day in the Agora, and displaying some wounds he had received in their defence, persuaded them to give him a bodyguard of 50 men, which grew into a larger force, by means of which in 560 B.C. he took possession ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood


Words linked to "Agora" :   mart, marketplace, Israeli monetary unit, shekel, market place, market


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