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Agora
Also called forum
The open public square of a Greek city, its political and commercial centre, bordered by stoas and public buildings; the Roman equivalent is the forum.
Rules that use the word
Two agoras: one for citizens, one for trade. Keep a free agora for public life, clear of merchandise and near the magistrates, the temples and the gymnasium; put buying and selling in a separate market place convenient for goods.
The Greek agora: square, ringed by stoas. Make the Greek agora square, surround it with spacious colonnades, double if possible, with close-set columns and architraves of stone or marble, and walks above on an upper floor.
Temples on a conspicuous site. Set the temples where they can be seen from the whole city and approached apart from its traffic: on a raised, commanding site above the agora.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Classical World.
A feature of Ancient Greek architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Ad quadratum · Ad triangulum · Adhishthana · Aedicule · Aisle · Alae · Alfarda · Alfiz