The agora is the open space in an ancient Greek town used as a market-place or general meeting-place, usually surrounded by porticos. It corresponds to the Roman forum. In most Greek cities the agora was the scene of public meetings for social or political purposes.

 

The name was also applied to the general assemblies of the people in the early Greek states, usually convoked by the king or by some distinguished chieftain, as by Achilles before Troy.