- Pnyx: Fact box. Democracy, the idea that the people should rule the country rather than a supreme leader like a king, was invented in Ancient Greece.
- There was a stone platform, “stepping stone”, [bema] that speakers stood on. The Pnyx facilitated and made manifest the Athenian ideal of equal speech [isēgoría].
- The Pnyx is located less than 1 kilometre west of the Acropolis and about 2 km south-west of the Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens.
- Pnyx is not only a consultancy firm, it is also a hill. ... At least 6,000 of them needed to be present on Pnyx to vote. A simple majority system was used.
- Built in the 5th century Pnyx I used (as well as most of the Greek theater) the natural slope. ... In this phase, the Pnyx took about 6,000 people.
- Pnyx I: Muhtemelen 5. yüzyılın başlarında inşa edilmiştir. Görünüşe göre insanlar kuzeydeki bir konuşmacının platformuna bakan yamaçta oturuyorlardı.
- Pnyx'ten Akropolis'in görünümü. ... Orada toplanma geleneği, Pnyx daha iyi bir yer için terk edilene kadar uzun yıllar devam etti.
- Pnyx (30 Subjects). View of the Pnyx and Acropolis at Athens. ... Panoramic view of Athens, looking towards Piraeus and Salamis, from Pnyx hill.