During the archaic period the greeks enlarged their economy and gained leisure time for other pursuits: gymnastics, education, philosophic-scientific investigation, discussions in the

The Agora

The Agora was a central public space in the ancient Greek-Polis states.  the term literal meaning is a meeting or assembly. It was the  was the center of the athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city. one of the most known Agora was the agora of Athens.

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