#agora

• Aethalides — A character in Greek mythology, son of the god Hermes and Eupolemeia, the legendary herald of the Argonauts during the quest for the Golden Fleece. He was endowed by his father with an absolutely infallible and eternal structural memory, which did not fade even after death or after crossing the river Lethe, allowing his soul to remember all successive reincarnations undergone during its cosmic migration.
• Agora — The central public space and marketplace in ancient Greek city-states (poleis), serving as the hub of political, commercial, administrative, and religious life. In modern sociology and political science, it is used metaphorically to denote the open public sphere or forum for democratic debate.
• Agoraphobic — A person suffering from agoraphobia, characterized by a pathological, obsessive, and uncontrollable fear of open spaces, crowded public areas, or situations from which escape might be difficult or help unavailable during a panic attack; as an adjective, relating to or exhibiting agoraphobia.
• Agoraphobic — The feminine form of the term agorafob; designates a woman who suffers from agoraphobia, experiencing panic states and intense anxiety in open or public spaces, or, as an adjective, a manifestation or reaction marked by this pathological fear.
• Agoraphobia — A severe anxiety disorder characterized by an intense and persistent fear of open spaces, crowded public places, markets, or situations where escape might be difficult or embarrassing, or where help may not be available in the event of a panic attack. It frequently leads to severe avoidance behavior.
• Agoral — Relating to the agora or the central public square of an ancient Greek city-state; it describes architectural elements, monuments, administrative activities, or special laws regulating trade, citizen assemblies, and civic life within the agora's perimeter.
• Agoranomos — A magistrate in ancient Greece responsible for supervising public marketplaces (agoras), controlling prices, inspecting weights and measures, collecting trade taxes, and maintaining public order within the commercial perimeter; a role structurally equivalent to the Roman aedile.
• Agorâre — The abstract action or process of transforming, shaping, or adapting a physical or virtual space into an agora-like structure designed for public assembly, open discourse, and civil interaction.
• Agorât — Transformed, configured, or set up in the manner of an ancient agora; describing a space, environment, or forum adapted to accommodate public debates, civic assemblies, and open social interactions.
• To agorî — An experimental verbal form or abstract neologism; it means to transform, configure, open up, or arrange a physical, social, or digital space according to the principles of free assembly, democratic debate, and transparency characteristic of an ancient Greek agora.
• Anaxagoras — Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500 – 428 BC); a famous presocratic Greek philosopher who introduced into philosophical thought the structural notion of 'Nous' (the universal Mind or Reason) as an ordering force governing the primordial matter made of 'homeomeries' (eternal seeds of all things). He is historically recognized for moving the center of philosophy to Athens and for his rational explanations regarding eclipses and celestial phenomena.
• Arithmology — The theoretical or philosophical study of numbers and the religious, mystical, or occult properties attributed to them, beyond their purely mathematical calculating value. In the history of science, the term often describes Pythagorean or Kabbalistic esoteric systems that interpreted the universe through a sacred numerical structure, but it can also denote an archaic branch dealing with the systematic classification of names and numerical concepts.
• Athenagoras — The name of a 2nd-century AD Christian philosopher (Athenagoras of Athens), a prominent apologist of the early Church, known for applying Platonic concepts to Christian theology and for his writings addressed to Roman emperors in defense of Christians. In modern history, the name also evokes Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, a major promoter of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue in the 20th century.
• Attalos — The name borne by several famous kings of the Attalid dynasty who ruled the Hellenistic kingdom of Pergamon in Asia_Minor, the most renowned being Attalos II (founder of Antalya) and Attalos III, who bequeathed his kingdom to the Roman Republic. In archaeology, the name is closely linked to the Stoa of Attalos, a monumental structure reconstructed in the Agora of Athens.