Pnyx

The Pnyx is a small, rocky hill surrounded by parkland, with a large flat platform of eroded stone set into its side, and by steps carved on its slope. It was the meeting place of one of the world’s earliest known democratic legislatures, the Athenian assembly, and the flat stone platform was  the “stepping stone” or speakers’ platform. This was the platform from which noted politicians and orators gave their famous speeches.