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|Definition=[ᾰγ], ᾶς, Ion. ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, (ἀγείρω):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[assembly]], esp. [[of the People]], opp. the Council of Chiefs, <span class="bibl">Il.2.93</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.69</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν δ' οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι</b> (sc. [[Κυκλώπεσσι]]) <span class="bibl">Od.9.112</span>; ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων ἀ γένετ' οὐδέ τις ἔτλη ἕζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.246</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. Πυλάτιδες</b>, of the [[Amphictyonic Council]] at Pylae, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>638</span>, cf. Ion Eleg.<span class="bibl">1.3</span>; μακάρων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span> 8(7).29</span>, cf. <span class="title">AB</span>210; <b class="b3">ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.54</span>, <span class="bibl">2.51</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.489</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.171</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">8.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.245</span>; ἀγορήνδε καθέζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.1.372</span>.—Not common in Prose, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.3</span>; ποιῆσαι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.27</span>; ἀγορὰς ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>150</span>: of the assembly in Attic demes, <span class="bibl">D.44.36</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.585, al.; ἀ. συνέδριον φυλετῶν καὶ δημοτῶν <span class="title">AB</span>327: in late Prose, <b class="b3">ἀ. δικῶν προθεῖναι, καταστήσασθαι</b>, = Lat. [[conventus agere]], Luc.Bis Acc. 4,12: [[meeting for games]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.14</span>: metaph., μυρμήκων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Icar.</span>19</span>: prov., <b class="b3">θεῶν ἀ</b>. 'Babel', Suid., etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[place of assembly]], τοὺς δ' εὗρ' εἰν ἀγορῇ <span class="bibl">Il.7.382</span>; ἵνα σφ' ἀ. τε θέμις τε <span class="bibl">11.807</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Od.6.266</span>; pl., <span class="bibl">Od.8.16</span>; οὔτε . . εἰς ἀ. ἔρχεται οὔτε δίκας <span class="bibl">Thgn. 268</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[market-place]], perh. not earlier than <span class="title">Hom.Epigr.</span> 14.5 <b class="b3">πολλὰ μὲν εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα, πολλὰ δ' ἀγυιαῖς</b>; freq. in later authors, πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.93</span>; θεοὶ . . ἀγορᾶς ἐπίσκοποι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 272</span>; μέση Τραχινίων ἀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>424</span>; ἀγορᾷ οὐδὲ ἄστει δέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.6.44</span>; ὀλιγάκις . . ἀγορᾶς χραίνων κύκλον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>919</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ</b>. [[market]] people, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.18</span>; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς εἶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>181</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν</b> to go into [[the forum]], i. e. be a citizen, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι</b> to trade in [[the market]], <span class="bibl">D.57.31</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν</b> (opp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον</b>) 'for <b class="b2">the market'</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.4.26</span>; the Roman <span class="title">Forum</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.5.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[business of the]] [[ἀγορά]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[public speaking]], [[gift of speaking]], mostly in pl., <b class="b3">ἔσχ' ἀγοράων</b> withheld him [[from speaking]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.275</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ δ' ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">788</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.818</span>; ᾠδὴν ἀντ' ἀγορῆς θέμενος <span class="bibl">Sol.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[market]], ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν <span class="bibl">Th.7.40</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>3.4.11</span>; ἀ. παρέχειν <span class="bibl">Th.6.44</span>, etc.; ἄγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.33</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι</b> to have [[supplies]], ib.<span class="bibl">7.6.24</span>; τῆς ἀ. εἴργεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.67</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>29</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἐλευθέρα</b>, i. e. <b class="b3">καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1331a31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.3</span>; opp. ἀ. ἀναγκαία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1331b11</span>; generally, [[provisions]], [[supplies]], PPetr.3p.131 (iii B. C.), <span class="title">PS</span>14.354 (iii B. C.), al.; in pl., Nic.Dam.p.6.17 D.; <b class="b3">ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν</b> cut off [[supplies]], <span class="bibl">D.H.10.43</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[market]], [[sale]], <b class="b3">ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Ind.</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>4.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nicoch.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> as a mark of time, <b class="b3">ἀ. πλήθουσα</b> [[the forenoon]], when the market-place was full, ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.181</span>; πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.10</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>695.38 (Magn. Mae.); [[περὶ]] or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.1.7</span>, <span class="bibl">1.8.1</span>; ἐν ἀ. πληθούσῃ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>469d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.92</span>; also ἀγορῆς πληθώρη <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>, <span class="bibl">7.223</span>; poet., ἐν ἀ. πλήθοντος ὄχλου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.85</span>; πρὶν ἀ. πεπληθέναι <span class="bibl">Pherecr.29</span>: <b class="b3">ἀγορῆς διάλυσις</b> <b class="b2">the time just after mid-day</b>, when they went home from market, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.104</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>12.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[marketday]], = Lat. [[nundinae]], <span class="bibl">D.H.7.58</span>.</span>