HISTORY 36B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Thessalian League, Oeconomicus, Epikleros
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Agora - in homer, the term for the place of gathering, the assembly of the people. In the city state period it denoted the public space of a city or town, being both the marketplace and civic center. Lingering in the agora was the best way to inform oneself about public affairs, make business contacts, and collect gossip. Archon - a common title for the highest-ranking magistrate in the early city-states. During the classical period, even when the strategoi had become the most important officials in athens, nine archons continued to be chosen to serve judicial and administrative functions. The office was used in larger contexts as well, for example as the title of the civil and military head of the thessalian league. This archon was elected by the league assembly and served for life. Archaemenids- people under the first persian empire (archaemenid empire)
