GREEK ARCHITECTURE
Knossos, Crete: palace of legendary King Minos, c. 3000-1450
B.C., in its last phase ca. 1600-1450 B.C.: Two plans; view today; reconstructed
view
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Tiryns, Greece: citadel with megaron, c. 1500--1300 BC: reconstructed
view of citadel; reconstructed Megaron plan; reconstructed Megaron exterior
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Paestum, Italy: temples (= basilicas) of Hera I, c. 530 BC, and
Hera Argiva II (or Poseidon), c. 460 BC
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Athens: The Acropolis with the Parthenon, by Callicarates,
reworked by Ictinus, 442-437 B.C.: views of the Acropolis; plan of main
structures; reconstructed view of Parthenon; plan; restricted view from
Proylaea; unrestricted view; diagram of optical refinement; curvature of
stylobate
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Votive plaques representing houses: Crete, 3rd millennium B.C.
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Aegina: Temple of Athene Aphaia, c. 500 B.C.
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Private house plans from Olynthus, ca. 430 B.C.
Miletus city plan, Turkey, attributed to Hippodamus of Miletus, c.
480 B.C.
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