Altar of Zeus Agoraios (Athens, Greece)

Altar of Zeus Agoraios (Athens, Greece)

Altar of Zeus Agoraios (Athens, Greece)

Zeus (Greek deity)

Temples, Greek--Greece

Ancient Greek religion

Agora (Athens, Greece)

Athens (Greece

Attikē (Greece)

Classical Greece

This photograph depicts the massive 15 x 30 foot base of an altar that was dedicated to Zeus as protector of commercial and political activities (Agoraios). As the epicenter of such activities, the altar was erected in the Athenian agora after the expulsions of the Persians in 479 BCE.

Proctor, Christopher

30-May-2007

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Attikē (Greece)

Classical Greece (480 BCE - 323 BCE)