List of Illustrations

Fig. 1.

ΗΟΡΟΣ ΕΙΜΙ ΤΕΣ ΑΓΟΡΑΣ ‘I am the horos of the agora’, IG I³ 1087 [I 5510]. Photograph by M. Goutsourela, 2013. Rights belong to The Athenian Agora Museum © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.)

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Fig. 2.

ΑΧΡΙ ΤΕ[Σ] ΗΟΔΟ ΤΕΣΔΕ ΤΟ ΑΣΤΥ ΤΕΙΔΕ ΝΕΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ ‘The city extends up until the edge of this road here,’ IG I³ 1111. Photograph by T. Potter, 2021. Rights belong to the Epigraphic Museum, Athens © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.).

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Fig. 3.

ΗΟΡΟΣ ΤΕΣ ΟΔΟ ΤΕΣ ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΔΕ ‘horos of the road to Eleusina’ (end of the 5^th c BC). Originally inscribed with HOROS TES ODO TES IERAS (520 BC). IG I³ 1096 [I 127] Photograph by M. Goutsourela, 2013. Discovered in the Eridanos river bed. Rights belong to the Kerameikos Museum, Athens. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.).

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Fig. 4.

[Δ]ΕΥΡΕ ΠΕΔΙΕΟΝ ΤΡΙΤΤΥΣ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙ ΘΡΙΑΣΙΟΝ ΔΕ ΑΡΧΕΤΑΙ ΤΡΙΤΤΥΣ ‘Here ends the trittys Pedieis, while the trittys Thria begins’ IG I³ 1128. Photograph by T. Potter, 2021. Rights belong to the Epigraphic Museum, Athens © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.).

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Fig. 5.

OΡΟΣ ΛΕΤΟΣ ‘[h]oros of Leto’ Photograph courtesy of Paulos Karvonis, The Island of Delos, Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.)

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Fig. 6.

Gravestones. Photograph by M. Goutsourela, 2013. Rights belong to the Kerameikos Museum, Athens. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.).

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Fig. 6a.

ΗΟΡΟΣ ΜΝΗΜΑΤΟΣ, in Lalonde (1991) [I 7462]

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Fig. 6b.

ΗΟΡΟΣ ΣΗΜΑΤΟΣ, in Lalonde (1991) [I 2528].

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Fig. 7.

ΟΡΟΣ ΚΕΡΑΜΕΙΚΟΥ ‘Οros of the Kerameikos’ (4^th c BC). Found outside the archaeological site in the area between Hippias Kolonos and Plato’s Academy. [I 322] Photograph by M. Goutsourela, 2013. Rights belong to the Kerameikos Museum, Athens. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.).

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Fig. 8.

ΗΟΡΟΣ ΕΙΜΙ ΤΕΣ ΑΓΟΡΑΣ [retrograde] ‘I am the horos of the agora.’ Horos stone discovered in situ in the northeast corner of the Ancient Athenian Agora, by the Tholos. IG I³ 1088 [I 7039] Photgraph by M. Goutsourela, 2013. Rights belong to The Athenian Agora Museum © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.R.E.D.)

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