Definition of Pnyx. Meaning of Pnyx. Synonyms of Pnyx

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Pnyx. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Pnyx and, of course, Pnyx synonyms and on the right images related to the word Pnyx.

Definition of Pnyx

Pnyx
Pnyx Pnyx, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. Antiq.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc.

Meaning of Pnyx from wikipedia

- The Pnyx (/nɪks, pəˈnɪks/; Ancient Gr****: Πνύξ [pnýks]; Gr****: Πνύκα, Pnyka) is a hill or hillside in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning...
- ekklesiasterion. Instead, the regular meetings of the ****embly were held on the Pnyx and two annual meetings took place in the Theater of Dionysus. Around 300...
- Gate, probably between the Hill of the Nymphs and the Pnyx. The Piraean Gate, between the Pnyx and the Mouseion, leading to the carriage road between...
- green space. Lycabettus, Philopappos hill and the area around it, including Pnyx and Ardettos hill, are planted with pines and other trees, with the character...
- and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and Pnyx. The name refers to the Temple of Hephaestus, which was mistakenly known...
- à Athènes, voyez donc, si l’on peut organiser une course de Marathon au Pnyx. Cela aura une saveur antique. Si nous savions le temps qu’a mis le guerrier...
- hear them debating their differences, and he takes up his position on the Pnyx (here represented possibly as a bench). The sausage-seller makes some serious...
- material." Disney intended for the film to have an open-air premiere at Pnyx hill, but the Gr**** government declined after the film received backlash...
- Holy Apostles Related Articles Panathenaic Way Tyrannicides Ancient Agora of Athens Museum American School of classical Studies at Athens Pnyx Areopagus...
- renowned men of the period. In Henry Holiday's painting of Aspasia on the Pnyx, she is shown with another woman at the site of the Athenian ****embly, the...