Pnyx

American  

[niks, puh-niks] / nɪks, pə nɪks /

noun

1. a hill in Athens, Greece, near the Acropolis: the place of assembly in ancient Athens.

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Example Sentences

The democracy that underpins the system is hardly the Pnyx: It can be, at times, superficial, not quite a Banana Republic but little more than a rubber stamp, with clubs’ power structures dominated by unmoving cliques and vulnerable to factionalism.

From New York Times

My goal is always the Pnyx, where the ancient Athenians assembled to debate.

From Washington Post

Macron gave that speech on the ancient Pnyx hill in Athens and delivered part of it in Greek.

From The Guardian

Talking about democracy is what he did on the Pnyx, the hill in the centre of Athens where in ancient times the assembly of citizens raised their hands to vote on the city’s laws and budget.

From The Guardian

Almost 60 years earlier, André Malraux, a great writer and minister of culture under General de Gaulle, delivered on the Pnyx one of the memorable and nebulous speeches that were his trademark, and you can’t help feeling that Macron intends to situate himself in this tradition – that of the visionaries and not the managers, the philosophers and not the bureaucrats.

From The Guardian