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Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greeks, or Hellenes, whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC.
Their use in Ancient Greek agriculture was described by Hesiod. [6] In northern Europe the single-handled crook ard was favored, consisting of a stilt inserted into a pole with a crook-shaft, i.e., the pole had a curved shape and had a natural crook tip that served as a share.
The Greek Revival movement sought to bring back those elegant design elements used to build ancient Greek temples. In the US, Greek Revival took over in the 1800s.
The megaron (/ ˈ m ɛ ɡ ə ˌ r ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: μέγαρον, , pl.: megara / ˈ m ɛ ɡ ər ə /) was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace complexes. [1] Architecturally, it was a rectangular hall that was supported by four columns, fronted by an open, two-columned portico , and had a central, open hearth ...
Reconstruction of a Roman peristyle surrounding a courtyard in Pompeii, Italy. In ancient Greek [1] and Roman architecture, [2] a peristyle (/ ˈ p ɛr ɪ ˌ s t aɪ l /; Ancient Greek: περίστυλον, romanized: perístulon) [3] [4] is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard.
The style was employed in ecclesiastical, institutional, and residential buildings. Virtually all the buildings in the style are characterized by the use of columns or pilasters, usually from the Greek orders. "Bilateral symmetry is the rule," with the main portion of the buildings being "block" or "temple" shaped with a low pitched or flat roof.
The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age building (two stories, approximately 12 x 25 m) located at the archaeological site of Lerna in southern Greece. [1] It is notable for several architectural features that were advanced for its time during the Helladic period, notably its roof covered by baked tiles, which gave the building its name.
Andron (Greek: ἀνδρών, andrōn) [1] or andronitis (ἀνδρωνῖτις, andrōnitis) [2] is part of a Greek house that is reserved for men, as distinguished from the gynaeceum (γυναικεῖον, gynaikeion), the women's quarters. [3] The andrōn was used for entertaining male guests. [4]