Today, a section of a row of columns ... and Acropolis from one angle and down over the Ancient Agora from another. In ancient Athens, the Areopagus was where a council of elders met to handle ...

The agoras of the ancient Greek city-states were open areas for people to assemble for everything from political gatherings to public debates. Ancient Agora is the most popular of its kind ...

in Athens the focus of intellectual enquiry began to shift. Places such as the agora (marketplace) and theatre also became important - and less exclusive - venues for new thinking and discussions ...