Pnyx

The Pnyx (Greek Πνυξ, pronounced "Pnuks" in Ancient Greek, "Pniks" in Modern Greek), is a hill in central Athens, the capital of Greece. It is located less than one kilometre west of the Acropolis, and 1.6km south-west of the centre of modern Athens, Syntagma Square.

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Compared to the better known surviving monuments of ancient Athens, such as the Parthenon, the Pnyx is unspectacular. It is a small hill surrounded by parkland, with a large flat platform of eroded stone set into its side. But it is one of the most significant sites in the city, and indeed in the world. For the Pnyx was the meeting place of the world's first democratic legislature, the Athenian ekklesia (assembly), and the flat stone is the bema or speaker's platform.

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