CHAPTER VIII. The Agora—Central Part, The Temple of Ares, the Odeion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xii
5. CHAPTER I. Introduction—Brief Account of the Expansion of Athens 1
6. CHAPTER II. The Bronze Age— The Fortress City 8
7. CHAPTER III. The Transitional Age from Bronze to Iron— The Outer Kerameikos, the Agora 23
8. CHAPTER IV. The Dipylon, Road to the Agora and Monuments on It 32
9. CHAPTER V. The Agora—Introduction and West Side 39
10. CHAPTER VI. The Agora—The Tholos and Vicinity 55
11. CHAPTER VII. The Agora—South, East and North Borders 62
12. CHAPTER VIII. The Agora—Central Part, The Temple of Ares, the Odeion 71
13. CHAPTER IX. The Hephaisteion 82
14. CHAPTER X. The East and South Boundaries of the Agora, the North Slope of the Acropolis 92
15. CHAPTER XI. The East and South Slopes of the Acropolis, Choregic Monuments, the Precincts of Dionysos 105
16. CHAPTER XII. The Theatre of Dionysos 113
17. CHAPTER XIII. The South and Southwest Slopes of the Acropolis 125
18. CHAPTER XIV. The Acropolis—Pre-Periklean Period 135
19. CHAPTER XV. The Acropolis—The Parthenon, the Propylaea 152
20. CHAPTER XVI. The Acropolis—The Erechtheion and Vicinity 167
21. CHAPTER XVII. The Acropolis—Other Monuments, The Visit of Pausanias 179
22. CHAPTER XVIII. The Area West of the Acropolis, the Areopagus, the Pnyx 190
23. CHAPTER XIX. Roman Athens 205
24. CHAPTER XX. The Outskirts, The Kerameikos, The Academy 216
25. NOTES 223
26. ABBREVIATIONS FOR PERIODICALS 251
27. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
28. INDEX 255