Pnyx hill

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Pnyx hill is an ancient Athenian meeting place where citizens gathered to hold democratic assemblies and debate public affairs.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pnyx hill canonical 3
Pnyx 1
Pnyx Hill 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
hill
historic site
associatedWith Assembly of the People
Athenian democracy
ekklesia
linked to: Ecclesia
category Ancient Greek political institutions
Archaeological sites in Athens
Hills of Athens
coordinateSystem WGS84
country Greece
era Classical Greece
governanceBody Athenian Assembly
governedBy City of Athens
linked to: Athens
hasFunction meeting place for Athenian citizens
seat of the Athenian ekklesia
hasNameInLanguage Πνύκα
hasPart bema
semi-circular auditorium
speaker's platform
hasView Saronic Gulf
heritageStatus important site of democratic history
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Athens
Attica
Greece
material rock-cut terrace
near Acropolis
linked to: Acropolis of Athens

Philopappos Hill
linked to: Agora hill
overlooks Acropolis of Athens
ancient city of Athens
linked to: Athens
partOf ancient Athens
linked to: Classical Athens
periodOfUse 4th century BCE
5th century BCE
politicalSystem direct democracy
presentDayUse archaeological park
public open space
significance one of the earliest known sites of formal democracy
touristAttraction yes
usedBy male Athenian citizens
usedFor civic decision-making
democratic assemblies
political gatherings
popular assembly meetings
public debates

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ecclesia meetsAt Pnyx hill
Bouleuterion on the Athenian Agora isDistinctFrom Pnyx assembly area
linked to: Pnyx hill
polis of Athens hasPart Pnyx
linked to: Pnyx hill
Assembly of the Demos location Pnyx hill
archaeological landscape of central Athens hasPart Pnyx Hill
linked to: Pnyx hill