What is Agathe.gr?

Agathe.gr is a searchable online catalog of material related to the Athenian Agora, the ancient marketplace and civic center of Athens. Its records span publications, excavation reports, images, objects, coins, notebooks, and more, with the bulk of the content coming from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. You would use it if you need to locate a specific Agora publication, browse excavation records, or find images and object entries tied to the site.

What the site contains

The catalog organizes material into distinct categories, each with a visible count on the results page. From the page evidence:

These counts indicate the scale: images and objects dominate, while publications and reports form a smaller but central scholarly layer.

The Agora publication series

A major part of the catalog is the Agora series published by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The page lists volumes such as:

• Agora I: Portrait Sculpture (Harrison, E. B., 1953) — 64 portrait heads, headless torsos, and fragments dating from the first half of the 1st century B.C. to the 5th century A.D.
• Agora II: Coins from the Roman through the Venetian Period (Thompson, M., 1954) — presents 37,000 of the 55,492 coins recovered during excavations from 1931 to 1949.
• Agora III: Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia (Wycherley, R. E., 1957) — ancient written references, both literary and epigraphical, to the Agora and its monuments.
• Agora IV: Greek Lamps and Their Survivals (Howland, R. H., 1958) — a continuous series of lamp types from the 7th century B.C. onward, built on closed deposits.
• Agora V: Pottery of the Roman Period: Chronology (Robinson, H. S., 1959) — chronology of Roman-period pottery from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D.
• Agora VI: Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period (Grandjouan, C., 1961) — includes classification by types, a critical catalogue, and a register of dated contexts.
• Agora VII: Lamps of the Roman Period — listed as a further volume in the series.

Each entry gives the author, publisher, a short abstract, and the publication year.

How to browse and filter

The interface supports several ways to work through the records:

• Filters & Options to narrow results by category.
• View modes: List, Icons, Table, and Map.
• Results per page: 4, 8, 20, 40, or 100.
• Sign in for account access, and a feedback link for reporting problems such as typos or broken features.

When to use it

Use Agathe.gr when you need to:

• Find a specific volume in the Agora series or check its scope and publication details.
• Search across images, objects, coins, or excavation notebooks rather than a single publication.
• Browse plans, drawings, or maps tied to the Athenian Agora.
• Locate primary records (deposits, notebooks) behind published interpretations.

If you only need general background on the Athenian Agora, a summary source may be faster. If you need the catalog records, object images, or the Agora volumes themselves, this is the direct entry point.