\paperw3300 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 THE STOA OF ATTALOS\par
To the north of the Acropolis stood the Agora of Athens, which was, as elsewhere in Greece, t
he political and social center of the city and the location of the administrative and judicial bodies. The most striking building on the Agora is the stoa donated by King Attalos II of Pergamum (159-138 BC) to Athens. The structure, which has been comple
tely rebuilt, has a double nave on two stories and with two orders of columns: \b \cf4 \ATXht1107 Doric\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 on the front and Ionic on the inside on the lower floor, with Ionic \b \cf1 \ATXht3 columns\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 on the front and Corinth
ian on the inside on the upper one. At the back are a series of square rooms that served as storehouses.\par
