• The Pnyx is located less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the Acropolis and about 2 km south-west of the Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens.
  • Idling Athenians were called to the assembly by public slaves who stretched a braided rope covered in red paint to guide them to the Pnyx.
  • You might have heard Greece being referred to as the birthplace of democracy, well the Pnyx is where these democratic principles began to take place.
  • Welcome to Pnyx, our digital-only, double-blind peer-reviewed, Open Access journal for Classical Studies, Archaeology, and their Receptions.
  • There was a prison on one of the slopes of the Pnyx. It is famous for the fact that one of the most famous ancient Greek philosophers Socrates was imprisoned here.
  • Me and my wife have visited Athens 2 times already, seen all major sites, yet we did not know about Pnyx, and it is located right opposite Acropolis!
  • Excavations were carried out in 1910 by the Greek Archaeological Society and definitely confirmed the identification of the site as the Pnyx.
  • PNYX is a sonic treasure hunt disguised as a sleek, addictive game, where the soundtrack is your own ever-evolving playlist.
  • The Pnyx is the ancient remains from what was once was the Athenian Assembly, the world's first democratic legislature.