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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- red-stained rope herded citizens from the agora into the ****embly meeting place (Pnyx), with a fine being imposed on those who got the red on their clothes. After...
- addressed the citizens as well as the courts of law, for instance, in the Pnyx. In Gr**** law courts the two parties to a dispute presented their arguments...
- 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...
- at 6,000 parti****nts. The gathering place was a space on the hill called Pnyx, in front of the Acropolis. The sessions sometimes lasted from dawn to dusk...
- and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and Pnyx. The name refers to the Temple of Hephaestus, which was mistakenly known...