T. Leslie Shear
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Theodore Leslie Shear was an American classical archaeologist, who directed excavations of the ancient Greek city of Corinth and the Agora of Athens.
Photographed in 1936 with a statue of the Apollo Lykeios type
The shield, found by Shear's excavations in 1936, originally taken by the Athenians from the Spartans after the Battle of Pylos in 425 BCE
The Great Drain in the Agora of Athens, discovered by Shear in 1931
Stoa Basileios
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Stoa Basileios, meaning Royal Stoa, was a Doric stoa in the northwestern corner of the Athenian Agora, which was built in the 6th century BC, substantially altered in the 5th century BC, and then care
Remains of the Stoa Basileios in the Athenian Agora (looking south); the lithos is located left of centre
The lithos.
Torso of S 2370, colossal female statue, probably of Themis ("Justice"), which stood in front of the Stoa Basileios from the 330s BC.
View of the Stoa Basileios from the southwest, looking across the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway.