Exploring Athens - Pnyx, the birthplace of democracy
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The ancient Pnyx in Athens, Greece - Kanas Tivas
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Megalithic Cyclopean walls Athens
Megalithic Cyclopean walls , Pnyx Megalithic wall, so called Cyclopean wall. The Pnyx is a rocky hill to the west of the Acropolis.
And Hattusa Turkey, and wall of island Arwad , Syria
Мегалитические Циклопичные Стены. Мегалитическая стена. Пникс - это каменистый холм к западу от Акрополя (Афины).
Также фото стены в Хаттуса (сов Турция) и остров Арвад, Сирия.
Cyclopean Walls of the Gods | Gigantic Polygonal Megaliths at Pnyx Hill, Athens | Megalithomania
Join Megalithomania on a tour to ancient Greece and Crete in October 2020. Full details here: The Pnyx Cyclopean Wall is located less than a kilometre from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. It is classed as a retaining wall for the Athenians who gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy. It is also called the Hill of the Nymphs and the Hill of the Muses. The Nymphs are sometimes referred to as giants, and this style of wall is often credited to the legendary Cyclops, one-eyed giants who ruled Greece before the Olympian gods. It is said to be dated to no earlier than 350 BC, but other similar polygonal structures in Greece, such as the Hellinikon Pyramid near Argos have revealed dates of around 2720 BC. The Pnyx Wall has gigantic blocks, some weighing over 60 tons with a 'puffy' style similar to the walls of Cuzco, Peru. The blocks have careful shaping similar to those found in Baalbek and Byblos in Lebanon. There are also intricately carved rock outcrops, doorways and niches above the wall and surrounding the hill. Again, these are similar to those in South America. Includes exclusive aerial footage.
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ATHENES, Acropole, Parthénon, Pnyx, Agora & Monastiraki
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Je vous propose de commencer notre visite d'Athènes, la capitale de la Grèce. Quoi de plus naturel que de débuter par l'Acropole et son célèbre Parthénon.
L’acropole d'Athènes est un plateau rocheux calcaire s'élevant au centre de la ville d'Athènes à laquelle elle a longtemps servi de citadelle, de l'Athènes antique à l'occupation ottomane, ainsi que de sanctuaire religieux durant l'Antiquité. Inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, l'Acropole est actuellement un des sites touristiques les plus visités du monde. La colline s'élève à 156 mètres. Sa partie plate s'étend sur un peu moins de 300 mètres d'est en ouest et 85 mètres du nord au sud dans son état naturel, mais les travaux du Ve siècle av. J.-C. l'ont élargie jusqu'à près de 150 mètres. L'Acropole n'est accessible que par le côté ouest.
Le plateau a d'abord été utilisé comme habitat, puis comme forteresse, avant de devenir, au cours de l'époque archaïque, puis de l'époque classique, un grand sanctuaire principalement consacré au culte d'Athéna, comprenant plusieurs temples, dont le Parthénon, l'Érechthéion et le temple d'Athéna Nikè. Les autres monuments remarquables de l'Acropole sont les Propylées, le théâtre de Dionysos, l'odéon d'Hérode Atticus.
Le Parthénon, littéralement « la salle (ou la demeure) des vierges », est un édifice situé sur l'acropole d'Athènes et réalisé en marbre du Pentélique et marbre de Paros. Archéologues et historiens ne s'accordent pas quant à la fonction du Parthénon : temple ou trésor. Le bâtiment était consacré à la déesse Athéna Parthénos, protectrice de la cité et déesse de la guerre et de la sagesse. La statue ne faisait pas l’objet d’un rite qui avait lieu dans le « vieux temple » de l'Acropole qui abritait un xoanon représentant Athéna Polias. L'édifice était d'abord conçu pour abriter la statue chryséléphantine de la déesse Athéna Parthénos, œuvre de Phidias à laquelle les Athéniens présentaient leurs offrandes. Il était destiné aussi à abriter le trésor de la cité, sous forme de réserve métallique dans le naos (les 1 150 kilos d’or qui composaient la statue pouvant être fondus en cas de nécessité) et dans l'adyton qui regroupe les fonds de la ville d'Athènes et de la ligue de Délos. Symbole pétrifié de la démocratie et de la suprématie athénienne à l'époque classique, le Parthénon a été le modèle de temple qui a le plus inspiré les monuments de style Greek Revival du XIXe siècle, institutions politiques (palais de différentes Assemblées nationales, Cour suprême des États-Unis), culturelles (bibliothèques, universités, British Museum), financières (banques), notamment aux États-Unis qui en ont fait un modèle d'affirmation de la puissance politique et économique.
Après un bref passage au musée, sans grand intérêt, nous irons ensuite, en passant par la prison de Socrate sur la colline voisine ou culmine le monument de Philapappos, un monument funéraire érigé en 116 après JC en mémoire de Gaius Iulius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus, sénateur romain, bienfaiteur d’Athènes et petit fils d’Antiochos IV, dernier roi de Commagène.
Non loin de là se trouve la Pnyx, l'ancienne assemblée d'Athènes et le berceau de nos démocraties modernes. Puis après être passé à l'Aréopage nous découvrirons l'Agora romaine. Plusieurs monuments sont construits par les Romains à Athènes, parmi lesquels l'Agora, place centrale de la ville encore visible aujourd'hui, bien qu'en ruines. D'une taille d'environ 111 mètres de long sur 98 mètres de large, l'Agora était entourée de colonnes sous lesquelles se trouvaient des boutiques et des commerces.
Dans les prochains épisodes, vous pourrez visiter d'autres quartier de la citée grecque.
Ancient Athens Greece Pnyx Cyclopean & Polygon Megalithic wall Jj Ainsworth Megalithic Maiden
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Ancient Athens Greece Pnyx Cyclopeon & Polygon Megalithic wall Jj Ainsworth Megalithic Maiden
The Pnyx was the official meeting place of the Athenian democratic assembly (ekklesia). In the earliest days of Athenian democracy (after the reforms of Kleisthenes in 508 B.C.), the ekklesia met in the Agora. Sometime in the early 5th century, the meeting place was moved to a hill south and west of the Acropolis. This new meeting place came to be called Pnyx (from the Greek word meaning tightly packed together.
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A walk to Pnyx - Philopappos Hill, Athens Greece
In the center of Athens, near Acropolis are located the archaeological sites of Pnyx and Philopappos monument. Pnyx was the place where ancient Athenians met and discussed about city matters and any other subject that required discussion. Pnyx is the place where democracy was born and citizens had the right to express their opinions to other fellow citizens.
The history of the area starts from ancient Greek mythology as the place where Theseus defeated the Amazons. But the site is widely known for the Pnyx, the place where citizens of Athens gathered to discuss important city matters and this gathering was known as 'ecclesia tou dimou', the first democratic element in world history. From 6th B.C. until 4th B.C. many great Athenian citizens talked and expressed their views about matters that concerned the city itself as well as it's position in politics with other city-states. Also, in this area, one can see the remains of the ancient demos of Koile, an important trade route that connected ancient Athens with the port of Piraeus protected by the long walls of Athens that were constructed by Themistocles to protect Athens and it's trade port of Piraeus by any attacking army invading Attica.
Philopappos Monument was a ceremonial mausoleum dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, an honoured citizen of the city of Athens. Ancient Athenians in order to comemmorate his memory erected a tomb structure on Mouseion Hill, where after centuries was best known as Philopappos Hill.
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Fly above the Acropolis - a sacred hill in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon on its peak. Beside it is a smaller temple known as the Erechtheion. It's named after Erechtheus, a mythical king of Athens. The ancients believed that the Gods Athena and Poseidon once walked here.
Step inside and you can find out how it was specially designed to preserve the sacred mythology of Athens. The Erechtheion is an enduring monument to the ancient history of this extraordinary city.
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A View of the Acropolis from the Pnyx (Greece, Athens)
A spectacular view from the Pnyx.
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Exploring ATHENS, GREECE: Walking to the Acropolis
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The intangible origin of democracy in Athens, Greece. (PNYX)
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What did democracy really mean in Athens? - Melissa Schwartzberg
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Voting in ancient Athens - Greece
In ancient Athens, which enjoyed democracy, the vote was sometimes apparent and sometimes secret.
The obvious vote in ancient Athens was made by gesture, that is, by the raising of the hand, which was the most common. In the ancient vote, the preacher called first the participants in the assembly who accepted the suggestion or to ward her up the hand, then the people who were dissuaded to do the same. If the number was doubtful, then the so-called interhistory was followed by repeating itself by counting the raised hands each time.
The secret vote in ancient Athens was made with shells and took place mainly in the so-called hedge resolutions, which concerned persons, the ostracios, which were most common for the no-trial persecution of the political opponents of the detainees.
Voting in Ancient Athens.
Pnyx Cyclopean Wall Near Acropolis Athens
The Pnyx (/nɪks, pəˈnɪks/; Ancient Greek: Πνύξ; Modern Greek: Πνύκα, Pnyka) is a hill in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning as early as 507 BC, the Athenians gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy.
The Pnyx is located less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the Acropolis and 1.6 km south-west of the centre of Athens, Syntagma Square.
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A visit to Kerameikos in Athens
Kerameikos (Υπότιτλοι στα Ελληνικά - Embedded subtitles in ENG )
Kerameikos was the kerameis’ (potters') quarter of the city. From kerameis derives the English word ceramic.
The site includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls. The Inner Kerameikos was the former potters' quarter within the city and Outer Kerameikos covers the cemetery and also the Dēmósion Sēma (public graveyard) just outside the city walls, where Pericles delivered his funeral oration in 431 BC. The cemetery was also where the “Sacred Way” began, along which the procession moved for the Eleusinian Mysteries. The quarter was located there because of the abundance of clay mud carried over by the Eridanos River.
After the construction of the city wall, the Sacred Way and a forking street known as the Street of the Tombs again became lined with imposing sepulchral monuments belonging to the families of rich Athenians, dating to before the late 4th century BC. The construction of such lavish mausolea was banned by decree in 317 BC, following which only small columns or inscribed square marble blocks were permitted as grave stones.
There is also a small well organized museum. The Kerameikos Museum houses the most extensive collection of burial-related artifacts in Greece, varying from large-scale marble sculpture to funerary urns, stelae, jewelry, toys etc. The original burial monument sculptures are displayed within the museum, having been replaced by plaster replicas in situ. The museum incorporates inner and outer courtyards, where the larger sculptures are kept.
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The Acropolis of Athens as seen from Pnyx
The Acropolis of Athens as seen from Pnyx
Greece - Athens from Pnyx
View all around the hill of Pnyx (actually... the hill next to Pnyx... I think...)
The Pynx: Site of the Ancient Athenian Assembly, Athens, Greece
The Pynx is a hill near the Acropolis of Athens where the ancient Assembly met to discuss issues and vote. As you see, the orators' platform survives.
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