Most museums display the detritus of the rich and famous. The Agora Museum gives us a more intimate look at the lives of ordinary people: the shopping, voting, worshiping, legal, and governmental realities of people who lived 2500 years ago. Here’s what you can expect to see:

1. Artifacts excavated from the site of the ancient Agora in Athens dating from two or three millennium before Christ to the 5^th Century of our own era.
2. Remains from over 150 grave sites excavated in the Agora.
3. A pyxis (or jewelry box) with pottery horses standing on the lid.
4. An aryballos in the shape of a young athlete, binding a victory ribbon around his head.
5. An ancient potty chair for young children.
6. A stele with the “Law against Tyranny” inscribed on it.
7. A rare Spartan shield, captured at Sphacteria.
8. Ostraka with the names Pericles, Kimon, and Themistocles incised on them.
9. A kleroterion—a device for randomizing the selection of juries.
10. A klepsydra (or water clock) for timing public speeches.
11. A satyr with a wicked grin and bad-boy demeanor.