Pnyx Monument — Attraction in Athens

It's amazing. Another treasure in Athens.The Pnyx was the official meeting place of the Athenian democratic assembly (Εκκλησία του Δήμου) from the 6th to the 4th century BC. The place was sacred, it was dedicated to Zeus. It is a carved semi-circular square that could contain many thousands of seated and standing listeners.From the Ancient Vima of this sacred space great politicians, generals and rhetoricians such as Themistocles, Pericles, Demosthenes etc.gave a speech. Pnyx Hil combines rich archaeological history, secrets, mysteries and romance. Here are also the foundations of the Helioscope of Meton, the system used by the ancient astronomers to observe the position of the Sun, the Moon, etc. Pnyka Hill is located on the west side of the Acropolis between the Hill of the Nymphs at the northern end and the Hill of the Muses (Filopappou) at the...

Almost no one goes here, which is a great pity because it’s one of the most historically significant places in Athens. This was where the ancient Athenian assembly gathered. It’s where Themistocles convinced the city to fight the Persians at Salamis, where Pericles built the Delian League, where Nicias and Alcibiades debated the Sicilian Expedition, and where Demosthenes spoke against Phillip II of Macedon. Socrates even presided over the assembly here for one day — holding public office for the only time in his life — during a famous trial of generals during the Peloponnesian War. You can see the place where these men made their great speeches in the shadow of the Acropolis. The speakers’ platform is still there, carved directly into...

It's a cliff face in the middle of an open field with a worn down cube of rock in the middle. Big whoop, right? But it was at that cube of rock where Pericles gave his funeral sermon, it was on that cliff that the archons and elected officials of the first democracy looked down on a field absolutely teeming with regular townsfolk whose turn it was to represent the deme. This place is CRAWLING with history. If you read a little bit about the history of the Athenian Democracy you'll come here fawning on your knees. If you don't give a hoot about history, then it's an open field with a cliff face and a worn down cube of rock. The views of the Parthenon are better from...