Literary notes about Agora (AI summary)
In literature the term "agora" functions as much more than just a marketplace—it serves as a vibrant setting where commerce, civic duty, and social interaction converge. For instance, in legal and political discourses it denotes the space where public business is conducted and laws enforced, as seen in texts that discuss transactions and electoral practices [1, 2, 3]. At the same time, it often appears in poetic and historical narratives, evoking imagery of bustling assemblies and communal gatherings that form the heart of civic life [4, 5, 6]. Beyond its literal meaning, the agora frequently symbolizes the intersection of everyday activity and profound cultural dialogue, offering a backdrop for both spirited debate and reflective encounters among citizens [7, 8, 9].
- All purchases and exchanges are to be made in the agora, and paid for on the spot; the law will not allow credit to be given.
— from Laws by Plato - Next we have to speak of the elections of the wardens of the agora and of the city.
— from Laws by Plato - After the wardens of the country, we have to speak of the election of wardens of the agora and of the city.
— from Laws by Plato - Men were gathering in groups in the Agora, upon the steps of the temples and along the porticoes.
— from King Candaules by Théophile Gautier - [374] In several passages of the Odyssey he describes the Agora of the Phæacians, which was also in the citadel, near the port.
— from Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns by Heinrich Schliemann - "There cannot be a clearer indication than this description —so graphic in the original poem—of the true character of the Homeric agora.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Or let him go westward to the Agora, and there he will hear Lysias or Andocides pleading, or Demosthenes haranguing.
— from Selections from the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal NewmanFor the Use of Schools by John Henry Newman - It is not my fault, Callicles; our friend Chaerephon is to blame; for he would keep us loitering in the Agora.
— from Gorgias by Plato - a , a , a .—Double Circle of Slabs, forming the enclosure and Bench of the Agora (A A A on Plan C).
— from Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns by Heinrich Schliemann
