THE AREIOS PAGOS: This is the most ancient court of law, being the seat of the first aristocratic parliament of ancient Athens. From the second half of the 5th century B.C. it had only judicial responsibility and particularly that of trying murderers. Here Orestes was judged for the murder of his mother Klytaemnestra and her lover Aegisthos. Saint Paul chose this sight to deliver his first sermon to the Athenians, in AD 51, about the "uknown God" whose existence the ancient Greeks often mentioned.
THE PNYKA: Up to 10,000 people could be accommodated at this semi-circular area across Acropolis where the Athenians gathered to hear the famous orators.
THE ANCIENT THEATER OF DIONYSOS: It is the oldest of all known theaters in the world, a theater that could accommodate 17,000 spectators. Here, the four greatest ancient Greek poets, Aeschylos, Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophokles, saw theirs plays being performed for the first time, in the 5th century B.C. The koilon(cavea) and the proskoinion(stage) were originally of wood and reconstructed of marble during the 4th century B.C.
THE STOA OF EUMENES: Built by the King Eumenes II, in the 2nd century B.C. with the purpose to protect the spectators in case of bad weather. Passing through the Stoa you can see the ruins of the Asklepieion which was built in 429B.C. dedicated to Asklipeios after the plague that cedimated the population of Athens.
THE ODEION OF HERODES ATTICUS (HERODEION): The Herodeion, was built in AD 161 by Tiberius Atticus Herodes. He was a rich teacher and philosopher. To honor the memory of his wife Rigilla, he built this roofed Odeion for musical performances and recital concerts. Today the Athens Festival takes place at the Odeion every summer. If you happen to be in Athens, remember it.

 

WORLD KNOWN CELEBRATIONS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE AREA
1) THE PANATHENAEA FEAST
Every year the Athenians celebrated the Mikra(lesser) Panathenaea, and every 4 years the Megala (Great) Panathenaea. On the last day a procession started from Kerameikos, passed through the Agora, climbed to the Acropolis and offered to Athena her so called peplos(vestment): a real woollen dress, woven by a priestess and the young virgin girls who helped her. This is the procession sculpted on the frieze of the Parthenon.

 

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