The Cadmea, like almost all Greek acropoleis, was indeed surrounded by the city, and was situated within the walls; but from our historians, it is quite evident, that one side of the Cadmea touched upon the wall of the city, and upon this supposition alone the siege can be understood.
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The ἀγορά mentioned by Thucydides. — I have already referred to the view that the saddle between the two Acropoleis was the site of the … and the most probable site for the agora is the level tract which lies between the two Acropoleis, and if this be so, continues some way towards the gate.
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There are three great acropoleis, great natural hills levelled off…
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…the tyrants’ age, the age of the acropoleis, the period of great dynasties with claims to “divine right”…
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