Agora
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This article is about the ancient marketplace; for the currency denomination of Israel see Israeli agora. For other uses, see Agora (disambiguation).
The Agora (pronounced ˈa-gor-rə, with stress on the first syllable[citation needed]) was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Greek city-states. Early in Greek history (900s–700s BCE), free-born male land-owners who were citizens would gather in the agora for military duty or to hear statements of the ruling king or council. Later in Greek history, the agora served as a marketplace where merchants kept stalls or shops to sell their goods amid colonnades.
The word agoraphobia, the fear of critical public situations, derives from agora in its meaning as a gathering place.
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