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|Definition=[ᾰγ], ἀγορᾶς, Ion. [[ἀγορή]], ἀγορῆς, ἡ, ([[ἀγείρω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[assembly]], especially of the People, opp. the [[Council of Chiefs]], Il.2.93, Od.2.69, etc.; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν δ' οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' Κυκλώπεσσι) Od.9.112; ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων ἀ γένετ' οὐδέ τις ἔτλη ἕζεσθαι Il.18.246; <b class="b3">ἀ. Πυλάτιδες</b>, of the [[Amphictyonic Council]] at [[Pylae]], S.''Tr.''638, cf. Ion Eleg.1.3; μακάρων ἀ. Pi.''I.'' 8(7).29, cf. ''AB''210; [[ἀγορήνδε]] καλέσσασθαι, [[κηρύσσειν]], Il.1.54, 2.51; <b class="b3">ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι</b>, Il.8.489, Od.9.171; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι</b>, 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, ''IG''2.585, al.; ἀ. συνέδριον φυλετῶν καὶ δημοτῶν ''AB''327: in late Prose, <b class="b3">ἀ. δικῶν προθεῖναι, καταστήσασθαι</b>, = Lat. [[conventus agere]], Luc.Bis Acc. 4,12: [[meeting]] for [[game]]s, Pi.''N.''3.14: metaph., μυρμήκων ἀ. Luc. ''Icar.''19: [[proverb|prov.]], θεῶν ἀγορά = '[[Babel]]', Suid., etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[market-place]], perhaps not earlier than ''Hom.Epigr.'' 14.5 <b class="b3">πολλὰ μὲν εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα, πολλὰ δ' ἀγυιαῖς</b>; 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 [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''919; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς = [[market]] [[people]], X.''An.''1.2.18; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς εἶ [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''181, etc.; εἰς ἀγοράν [[ἐμβάλλειν]] = to go into the [[forum]], i.e. be a [[citizen]], Lycurg.5; ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ [[ἐργάζεσθαι]] = to [[trade]] in the [[market]], D.57.31; εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν [[χειροτονεῖν]] (opp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον</b>) 'for the [[market]]', Id.4.26; the [[Roman]] [[Forum]], D.H.5.48.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[business]] of the [[ἀγορά]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[public]] [[speaking]], [[gift]] of [[speaking]], mostly in plural, <b class="b3">ἔσχ' ἀγοράων</b> withheld him from [[speaking]], Il.2.275; <b class="b3">οἱ δ' ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον</b> ib.788, cf. Od.4.818; ᾠδὴν ἀντ' ἀγορῆς θέμενος Sol.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[market]], ἀγορὰν [[παρασκευάζειν]] Th.7.40, X. ''HG''3.4.11; ἀ. [[παρέχειν]] Th.6.44, etc.; [[ἄγειν]] X.''An.''5.7.33, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι</b> to [[have supplies]], ib.7.6.24; τῆς ἀγορᾶς [[εἴργεσθαι]] Th.1.67, Plu.''Per.''29; ἀγορά ἐλευθέρα, i.e. <b class="b3">καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων</b>, Arist.''Pol.'' 1331a31, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.3; opp. ἀ. ἀναγκαία Arist.''Pol.''1331b11; generally, [[provisions]], [[supplies]], PPetr.3p.131 (iii B. C.), ''PS''14.354 (iii B. C.), al.; in plural, Nic.Dam.p.6.17 D.; <b class="b3">ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν</b> [[cut off supplies]], D.H.10.43.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[market]], [[sale]], ἀγορά τῶν βιβλίων, ἀγορά τῶν παρθένων, Luc. ''Ind.''19, Ael.''VH''4.1, cf. Nicoch.7.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as a mark of time, ἀγορά πλήθουσα = the [[forenoon]], when the [[market-place]] was [[full]], ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.181; πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.1.10, cf. ''SIG''695.38 (Magn. Mae.); περὶ or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν X.''An.''2.1.7, 1.8.1; ἐν ἀ. πληθούσῃ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 469d, cf. Th.8.92; also [[ἀγορῆς]] πληθώρη [[Herodotus|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]] [[midday]], [[when]] they went [[home]] [[from]] [[market]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.104, cf.X.''Oec.''12.1.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[market]] [[day]] = Lat. [[nundinae]], D.H.7.58.