“The Bema on the Pnyx” — Morey, 1903

Eugene PIOT, General view of the Acropolis - Athens, taken from the hill of the Pnyx, 1852. Salt print, 35.5x25cm. One of the earliest photographs of Acropole, here presented in its original form with the margins uncut. Eugéne Piot was an early French antiquarian, art collector and photographer who travelled in Greece in 1848 & 1852. He was the first photographer that published his photographs from Athens. Eugene PIOT, Γενική άποψη της Ακρόπολης φωτογραφημένης από τον λόφο της Πνύκας, 1852…

size: 24x16in Giclee Print: Tribune of Demosthenes, Bema of the Pnyx :

Measurements: May - September 2002 The Hill of the Pnyx The rocky hill is located to the west of the Acropolis between the Hill of the Muses and the Hill of the Nymphs. It was named Pnyx - from the word "πυκνός" (pyknos, dense) - because it was overpopulated. The radius of the Pnyx, from the bema to the polygonal walls, is about the length of the Parthenon. In historical times Pnyx was the meeting place of the Athenian ekklesia (assebly). The bema (step) was the speakers' platform. The…

Dans l’Antiquité, la colline de la Pnyx, où Emmanuel Macron a choisi de s’exprimer, était utilisée pour accueillir l’Assemblée des citoyens d’Athènes. Paulin Ismard, historien de la Grèce antique, revient sur l’importance de ce berceau de la démocratie.