ἀγορά

ἀγορά [pron. full] [ᾰγ], ᾶς, [dialect] Ion. [full] ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, ([etym.] ἀγείρω):—

A assembly, esp. of the People, opp. the Council of Chiefs, Il.2.93, Od.2.69, etc.; τοῖσιν δ' οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι (sc. Κυκλώπεσσι) Od.9.112;

ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων ἀ γένετ' οὐδέ τις ἔτλη ἕζεσθαι Il.18.246

; ἀ. Πυλάτιδες, of the Amphictyonic Council at Pylae, S.Tr.638, cf. Ion Eleg.1.3;

μακάρων ἀ. Pi.I. 8(7).29

, cf. AB210; ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν, Il.1.54, 2.51; ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι, Il.8.489, Od.9.171; εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι, 8.12, Il.18.245;

ἀγορήνδε καθέζεσθαι Od.1.372

.—Not common in Prose,

ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν X.An.5.7.3

;

ποιῆσαι Aeschin.3.27

;

ἀγορὰς ποιεῖσθαι Hyp.Fr.150

: of the assembly in Attic demes, D.44.36, IG2.585, al.;

ἀ. συνέδριον φυλετῶν καὶ δημοτῶν AB327

: in late Prose, ἀ. δικῶν προθεῖναι, καταστήσασθαι, = Lat. conventus agere, Luc.Bis Acc. 4,12: meeting for games, Pi.N.3.14: metaph.,

μυρμήκων ἀ. Luc. Icar.19

: prov., θεῶν ἀ. 'Babel', Suid., etc.

II place of assembly,

τοὺς δ' εὗρ' εἰν ἀγορῇ Il.7.382

;

ἵνα σφ' ἀ. τε θέμις τε 11.807

, cf.Od.6.266; pl., Od.8.16;

οὔτε . . εἰς ἀ. ἔρχεται οὔτε δίκας Thgn. 268

.

2 market-place, perh. not earlier than Hom.Epigr. 14.5 πολλὰ μὲν εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα, πολλὰ δ' ἀγυιαῖς; freq. in later authors,

πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι Pi.P.5.93

;

θεοὶ . . ἀγορᾶς ἐπίσκοποι A.Th. 272

;

μέση Τραχινίων ἀ. S.Tr.424

;

ἀγορᾷ οὐδὲ ἄστει δέχεσθαι Th.6.44

;

ὀλιγάκις . . ἀγορᾶς χραίνων κύκλον E.Or.919

; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ. market people, X.An.1.2.18;

ἐξ ἀγορᾶς εἶ Ar.Eq.181

, etc.; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν to go into the forum, i. e. be a citizen, Lycurg.5; ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι to trade in the market, D.57.31; εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν (opp. ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον) 'for the market', Id.4.26; the Roman Forum, D.H.5.48.

III business of the ἀγορά:

1 public speaking, gift of speaking, mostly in pl., ἔσχ' ἀγοράων withheld him from speaking, Il.2.275; οἱ δ' ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ib.788, cf. Od.4.818;

ᾠδὴν ἀντ' ἀγορῆς θέμενος Sol.1

.

2 market,

ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν Th.7.40

, X. HG3.4.11;

ἀ. παρέχειν Th.6.44

, etc.;

ἄγειν X.An.5.7.33

, etc.; opp. ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι to have supplies, ib.7.6.24;

τῆς ἀ. εἴργεσθαι Th.1.67

, Plu.Per.29; ἀ. ἐλευθέρα, i. e. καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων, Arist.Pol. 1331a31, cf. X.Cyr.1.2.3; opp.

ἀ. ἀναγκαία Arist.Pol.1331b11

; generally, provisions, supplies, PPetr.3p.131 (iii B. C.), PS14.354 (iii B. C.), al.; in pl., Nic.Dam.p.6.17 D.; ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν cut off supplies, D.H.10.43.

b market, sale, ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων, Luc. Ind.19, Ael.VH4.1, cf. Nicoch.7.

IV as a mark of time, ἀ. πλήθουσα the forenoon, when the market-place was full,

ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης Hdt.4.181

;

πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς X.Mem.1.1.10

, cf. SIG695.38 (Magn. Mae.); περὶ or

ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν X.An.2.1.7

, 1.8.1;

ἐν ἀ. πληθούσῃ Pl.Grg.469d

, cf. Th.8.92; also

ἀγορῆς πληθώρη Hdt.2.173

, 7.223; poet.,

ἐν ἀ. πλήθοντος ὄχλου Pi.P.4.85

;

πρὶν ἀ. πεπληθέναι Pherecr.29

: ἀγορῆς διάλυσις the time just after mid-day, when they went home from market, Hdt.3.104, cf.X.Oec.12.1.

V marketday, = Lat. nundinae, D.H.7.58.