• Plan of the Athenian Agora in the fifth century BC; the Royal Stoa is no. 17. Stoa Basileios (Ancient Greek: στοὰ βασίλειος), meaning Royal Stoa...
  • The Royal Stoa served as the headquarters of the ‘Archon Basileios’ or ‘King Archon’, the second of the three most important ‘archons’ (state officials) in Archaic...
  • Front of the Royal Stoa and courtyard, from SW, Athens, Stoa Basileios (Ro... ... Overall view of the stoa (and oath-stone), from S, Athens, Stoa Basileios ...
  • The Stoa Basileios (The Royal Walk). This structure is located to the south west of the Odeon and north of the Agora.
  • Stoa basileios (or royal stoa). The seat of the Archon Basileus where the laws of Solon were displayed.
  • Basileios Stoa, basiliké stoà, or Royal Stoa, was constructed in the 6th century BC. Its location is in the northwest corner (known as "the Herms" because of the...
  • The Stoa Basileios, Athens © David Gill. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is marking 90 years of excavation in the Athenian agora.
  • This is a reconstruction of the Royal Stoa or Stoa Basileios, the headquarters of the King Archon, who was in charge of religious affairs including homicide.