Greek Cities, Santuaries, Cemeteries

The lectures aim to offer a survey of cities, main sanctuaries, and cemeteries of the Greek world. They will discuss developments of urban planning and architecture of the Greek polis, the emergence and organization of Greek sanctuaries and the evolution of public and private architecture (temples, civic buildings, houses and funeral monuments).

Themes covered include:
Origins and developments of the Greek city. Design and planning: west Greek cities. Hyppodameian examples. Compare and contrast Athens, Piraeus, Miletus, and Olynthus.

Types and examples of sanctuaries. Temples: Doric and Ionic temples. Developments: Ionic temples, western Greek temples, exceptional temples (Parthenon).

Cemeteries: Kerameikos, Rhamnous, Macedonian tombs, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

Public and Private space: Agoras, Stoas, and Theatres. Private space: Eretria, Olynthos, Athens, and Pella.

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