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	PRYTANEUM - LoveToKnow Article on PRYTANEUM
		Rulers of this name are found at Rhodes as late as the 1st century B.C. The Prytaneum was regarded as the religious and political centre of the community and was thus the nucleus of all government, and the official home of the whole people.
		The Prytaneum, mentioned by Pausanias, and probably the original centre of the ancient city, was situated somewhere east of the northern cliff of the Acropolis.
		There was also a court of justice called the court of the Prytaneum; all that is known of this court is that it tried murderers who could not be found, and inanimate objects which had caused death.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PR/PRYTANEUM.htm (595 words)

	VESTA - LoveToKnow Article on VESTA
		The form of the primitive house in which the fire was preserved, probably a round hut made of wattled osiers daubed with clay, appears to have survived both in the circular prytaneum of the Greeks and in the Aedes Vestae (Temple of Vesta) in Rome.
		Among both Greek and early Latin races, at the founding of a new colony, fire was solemnly sent from the prytaneum of the mother colony to kindle a similar sacred fire in the new settlement.
		But there was no effigy in the Roman temple of Vesta, although one is commonly shown on reverses of coins which have a representation of the temple, and it appears to have been commonly thought in Rome that a statue of Vesta did exist inside her shrinea mistake which Ovid corrects (Fasti, vi.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VE/VESTA.htm (2714 words)

	HESTIA - Online Information article about HESTIA
		sanctuary was in the prytaneum, where the common hearth-fire round which the magistrates meet is ever burning, and where the sacred rites that sanctify the concord of city life are performed.
		From this fire, as the representative of the life of the city, intending colonists took the fire which was to be kindled on the hearth of the new colony.
		In later philosophy Hestia became the hearth of the universethe personification of the earth as the centre of the universe, identified with Cybele and Demeter.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HESTIA.html (591 words)

	PRYTANEUM - Online Information article about PRYTANEUM
		The building in which this fire was kept was the Prytaneum, and the chieftain (the king or prytanis)probably made it his residence.
		as the 1st century B.C. The Prytaneum was regarded as the religious and political centre of the community and was thus the nucleus of all government, and the official "
		When members of the state went forth to found a new colony they took with them a brand from the Prytaneum altar to kindle the new fire in the colony; l the fatherless daughters of Aristides, who were regarded as children of the state at Athens, were married from the Prytaneum as from their
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PRE_PYR/PRYTANEUM.html (711 words)

	THE FIRE KINDLERS - CHAPTER 1
		Among all primitive peoples, those whose prerogative it was to kindle fire, or to guard it, were priests, and the primitive structure that sheltered the fire from the wind and rain became the first temple.
		The Prytaneum is the centre of civilization whence each and all the wondrous arts whereby man has enriched the world have sprung.
		It was then but a step to the making of tools, for, noticing the change in the nature of the soil where the fire had burnt, they were not long in learning how to smelt the iron ores and make instruments of metal.
	freespace.virgin.net /j.purkis/chapter1.htm (1679 words)

	Ephesus : Attractions \| Frommers.com
		The juxtaposition of the Basilica next to the Prytaneum and Odeon lead historians to believe that even the basilica, in addition to religious purposes, held some state function.
		Next to the Odeon are the ruins of the Prytaneum or Town Hall, constructed by Lysimachos along with the Altar of Hestia Boulaia, upon which burned an eternal sacred flame.
		Part of the Prytaneum was scavenged in the 3rd century A.D. by a woman named Scholastikia, for building materials for her baths.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/ephesus/2900010029.html (3247 words)

	HESTIA - LoveToKnow Article on HESTIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In this character her special sanctuary was in the prytaneum, where the common hearth-fire round which the magistrates meet is ever burning, and where the sacred rites that sanctify the concord of city life are performed.
		As Hestia had her home in the prytaneum, special temples dedicated to her are of rare occurrence.
		She is seldom represented in works of art, and plays no important part in legend.
	30.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HESTIA.htm (535 words)

	Ephesus
		The Prytaneum, or town hall, was the site of important ceremonies, banquets, and receptions.
		The street is named for the priests who tended the eternal flame of Hestia Boulaia (Vesta), whose altar was located in the Prytaneum.
		For example, two statues of Artemis (Diana) were discovered in the Prytaneum there.
	lonestar.texas.net /~robison/ephesus.html (1077 words)

	PRYTANEUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Date "PRYTANEUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588.
		"PRYTANEUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: peritoneum.
		Applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise; Prytaneum.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/PRYTANEUM (390 words)

	D. Anthony Storm's Commentary On Kierkegaard - The Battle Between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars
		Act Two takes place in the world of ideality, the Prytaneum, which Kierkegaard describes as a "Fantastic region".
		As he flees he encounters some Grundtvigians (a group of conservative Christians), but is not interested in their religion.
		Act Two begins with Willibald in the realm of ideality, which is the prytaneum, a Greek foreign embassy of sorts.
	www.sorenkierkegaard.org /kw1f.htm (529 words)

	THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The King occupied the building now known as the Boculium, near the Prytaneum, as may be seen from the fact that even to the present day the marriage of the King's wife to Dionysus takes place there.
		The Archon lived in the Prytaneum, the Polemarch in the Epilyceum.
		The latter building was formerly called the Polemarcheum, but after Epilycus, during his term of office as Polemarch, had rebuilt it and fitted it up, it was called the Epilyceum.
	www.oash.com /read/english/a/aristotle/tac/003.htm (458 words)

	The Apology by Plato Book Notes
		They fall into two categories: those who directly accused him, and those who influenced others to have a negative opinion of him.
		Prytaneum: Free dining at the Prytaneum is provided for Olympic winners, and members of certain eminent families.
		Socrates is suggesting that he deserves to be rewarded by saying that free dinner at the Prytaneum would be a just punishment.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/apo/OBJ.htm (516 words)

	The Original of Religions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And as there was but one Prytaneum or Temple in the kingdom of the Iews so in the first kingdoms of the Nations so there was but one fire in a kingdom.
		The distinction of birds and beasts into clean and unclean and appointing only the first for sacrifices and prohibiting the eating blood and things strangled was as old as Noah, and the offering the first-born of the flocks and the first fruits of the ground was as old as Cain and Abel.
		From this comparison the fire in the middle of the Prytaneum was taken for a symbol of the center of the world, and thence the generality of the Latines took Vesta for the Earth.
	www.newtonproject.ic.ac.uk /texts/yah41_n.html (9830 words)

	The Odeum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The far side of the Prytaneum adjoins The Odeum.
		This small but beautiful theatre follows much the same pattern as the Great Theatre with regards to basic lay-out.
		The close proximity of the Prytaneum, linked with the fact that it was covered, suggests that the Odeum was also used as a council chamber.
	www.sailturkey.com /panoramas/ephesus/discover_ephesus/demo/3040.html (250 words)

	Goddesses and Priestesses Connected to Athena (Cont.)
		If the cause of her lack of human form is her age, it begs the question how there can be images of the Great Goddess later called Cybele, Rhea, and so on, from the Paleolithic age, together with aniconic images.
		Each of Athena's cities had a Prytaneum, a communal hearth that was kept burning at all times.
		In ancient times, the sigil of each clan was probably used to decorate the Prytaneum in the same way.
	www.moonspeaker.ca /Athena/hespen.html (2301 words)

	History of Iran: Persian influence on Greece
		The prytaneum at the Athenian market (agora) was the building where the prytaneis, the executive committee of the Athenian democracy, gathered.
		The building has the form of a circle and is very simple, without much ado.
		It has therefore been assumed that the Athenians used Persian left-behinds (e.g., a royal tent) and reconstructed it in a more durable material, retaining the original form.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/articles/persian_influence_on_greece2.php (902 words)

	Ephesus, Turkey: The Odeon and the State Agora
		This indicated that she also was worshipped as the mighty protectors of the city.
		The foundation walls of the earlier Hellenistic Prytaneum can be seen near the Odeon.
		The Roman Prytaneum had toppled in the 4th century A.D., and its remains were used in the construction of the Baths of Shcolasticia,
	www.sailturkey.com /panoramas/ephesus/odeon.html (495 words)

	\|-Go Rhodes-\| Public Artworks
		Professor Younge's overall concept is entitled 'Century's Prytaneum' and the three individual pieces are
		Professor Younge notes that 'Century's Prytaneum', "takes its name from the prytaneum which was the public part of Greek cities - a place where the sacred fire was kept burning and where visiting dignitaries were entertained."
		By using this term, he wishes to refer "to the importance of the community in the life of Rhodes University, and intend also to give a new meaning to the genre of public sculpture".
	www.gorhodes.co.za /artworks.html (421 words)

	Huge public artwork for Rhodes campus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The artwork, entitled Century Prytaneum, was commissioned as part of the university’s 2004 centenary celebrations.
		Younge has indicated he intends creating a set of three “environmental sculptures” on the campus entitled Life Cycle, Bee Walk, and Grounded.
		Work on the Century Prytaneum began in earnest this weekend when he met and worked with artists from the local Egazini Outreach Project who will play a central role in the creation of Grounded.
	www.gal.co.za /newsitem.php?id=406 (482 words)

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		Northeast of Skala the ruins of the ancient town of Eressos have been found (walls, theatre, prytaneum, agora, ancient temples).
		At the site Vigla the ruins of medieval and Turkish small towers and the early Christian Basilica of Agios Andreas can be visited.
	www.greekislandsproperty.com /skeressos.html (354 words)

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		Further, when they subsequently went to war, there were in addition 2,500 heavy-armed troops, twenty guard-ships, and other ships which collected the tributes, with crews amounting to 2,000 men, selected by lot; and besides these there were the persons maintained at the Prytaneum, and orphans, and gaolers, since all these were supported by the state.
		The nine Archons receive four obols apiece for maintenance, and also keep a herald and a flute-player; and the Archon for Salamis receives a drachma a day.
		The Commissioners for Games dine in the Prytaneum during the month of Hecatombaeon in which the Panathenaic festival takes place, from the fourteenth day onwards.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/aristotle-athcon.txt (18812 words)

	Apology, by Plato, second part
		There can be no reward so fitting as maintenance in the Prytaneum, O men of Athens, a reward which he deserves far more than the citizen who has won the prize at Olympia in the horse or chariot race, whether the chariots were drawn by two horses or by many.
		And if I am to estimate the penalty fairly, I should say that maintenance in the Prytaneum is the just return.
		Perhaps you think that I am braving you in what I am saying now, as in what I said before about the tears and prayers.
	my.execpc.com /~berrestr/plaapo2.html (711 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Ephesus Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Originally the Prytaneum (Town Hall) was constructed by Lyimachos in the 3rd century B.C. However most of the remains seen today are from the 1st century A.D. or from the era of Emperor Augustian.
		The two statues of Artemis on display in the Museum of Ephesus were found in the ruined remains of the Prytaneum.
		The double columns seen in the picture are located on the corners of the main hall, which supported the wooden roof.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Turkey/Izmir_Ili/Ephesus-1844014/Things_To_Do-Ephesus-BR-13.html (1530 words)

	Holy Land Photos
		View looking southwest into the area where the Prytaneum was located.
		Just left of center note the flat paving stones of the interior of the Prytaneum.
		The Prytaneum was the place where the daily administrative functions of the city were carried out.
	www.holylandphotos.org /browse.asp?ImageID=TWCSPN08&SiteID=126 (144 words)

	Actual Midterm with MY ANSWERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A: Socrates thinks that the most just “punishment” would be to hold a daily feast in his honor at the Prytaneum.
		Just as the victories of Olympian athletes were celebrated at the Prytaneum with a feast, Socrates thinks he too should be celebrated.
		Describe Socrates’ method of inquiry and give a brief explanation of how this method helps him to achieve his mission as the ‘gadfly’ of Athens.
	trill.cis.fordham.edu /~gsas/philosophy/MIDTERMWMYANS.htm (4745 words)

	PLATO'S APOLOGY
		{ 5 } - Free meals in the Prytaneum.
		Directions: Click on a number from 1 to 5.
		This was the reward of benefactors of the state, which Socrates thought he was.
	academic.uofs.edu /faculty/pm363/apology/apolog02.htm (261 words)

	The Last Days of Socrates
		Should he not be rewarded with maintenance in the Prytaneum?
		maintenance in the Prytaneum, O men of Athens, a reward
		maintenance in the Prytaneum is the just return.
	socrates.clarke.edu /aplg0110.htm (392 words)

	Goddess Worship in Ancient Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In her book, Mythology, Edith Hamilton mentions the hearth as being something "...around which the newborn child must be carried before it could be received by the family." Hestia, in this case, was the first goddess the newborn child must be introduced to--the first goddess to receive honors.
		The state, effectively just an extension of the family, also had a public hearth dedicated to Hestia at its center: the Prytaneum, a strictly matriarchal center of each town, with a special sanctuary to Hestia called the Prytantis (Bell, R., 91).
		It was the job of the Prytantes, devotees to Hestia, to guard her statue and eternal flame (Bell, R., 91).
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~clit387/Worship.html (10998 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Soon they turned into a team athletic event, initially among adolescents, and further developed to become one of the most popular ancient sports.
		In the Prytaneum at Ancient Olympia there was an altar dedicated to Hestia with a sacred Flame, kindled from the sunâs rays, with the help of a hollow disc or mirror.
		The altar was never allowed to go out.
	www.athens2004.com /athens2004/page/legacy?lang=en&cid=e2587ae4be659f00VgnVCMServer28130b0aRCRD (818 words)

	Plutarch's Lives
		He adds, also, that the feast named Cybernesia was in honor of them.
		The lot being cast, and Theseus having received out of the Prytaneum those upon whom it fell, he went to the Delphinium, and made an offering for them to Apollo of his suppliant's badge, which was a bough of a consecrated olive tree, with white wool tied about it.
		Having thus performed his devotion, he went to sea, the sixth day of Munychion, on which day even to this time the Athenians send their virgins to the same temple to make supplication to the gods.
	www.annourbis.com /Latin-Authors/Plutarch/plivs10.html (5706 words)

	Merriam-Webster Online
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