{"id":1505,"date":"2021-05-07T19:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/?page_id=1505"},"modified":"2021-05-14T23:27:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T03:27:21","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1505\" class=\"elementor elementor-1505\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ff25fa elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ff25fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa2695b\" data-id=\"aa2695b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3f64d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f3f64d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8977841 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8977841\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2afd70\" data-id=\"d2afd70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d02ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d02ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Agora Marketplace?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b806f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38b806f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agora of Tyre<\/strong><br \/>The agora (\/\u02c8\u00e6\u0261\u0259r\u0259\/; Ancient Greek: \u1f00\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac agor\u00e1) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. It is the best representation of city form\u2019s response to accommodate the social and political order of the polis.[1] The literal meaning of the word is &#8220;gathering place&#8221; or &#8220;assembly&#8221;. The agora was the center of the athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life in the city.[2] The Ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example.<\/p><p>Early in Greek history (10th\u20138th centuries BC), free-born citizens would gather in the agora for military duty or to hear statements of the ruling king or council. Later, the agora also served as a marketplace, where merchants kept stalls or shops to sell their goods amid colonnades. This attracted artisans who built workshops nearby.[3]<\/p><p>From these twin functions of the agora as a political and a commercial space came the two Greek verbs \u1f00\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9, agor\u00e1z\u014d, &#8220;I shop&#8221;, and \u1f00\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9, agore\u00fa\u014d, &#8220;I speak in public&#8221;.[4]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9e3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3c9e3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-788ea2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"788ea2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6991e46 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6991e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us What is the Agora Marketplace? Agora of TyreThe agora (\/\u02c8\u00e6\u0261\u0259r\u0259\/; Ancient Greek: \u1f00\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac agor\u00e1) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. It is the best representation of city form\u2019s response to accommodate the social and political order of the polis.[1] The literal meaning of the word is &#8220;gathering place&#8221; or &#8220;assembly&#8221;. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/about-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Us<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1505\/revisions\/1697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agoramarketplace.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}