A Handbook of Greek & Roman Architecture |
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Sources of Knowledge Materials and Methods | 1 |
Minoan Crete Troy and preMycenaean Greece | 6 |
Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Architecture | 27 |
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adyton angle antae archaic arches architects architecture architrave Artemis Asia Minor Aspendus Athenian Athens Augustus Baalbek barrel-vault Basilica blocks brick building built capitals cella central Cnossus colonnade Corinthian cornice corridor court decoration Delphi dentils diameter dome door Doric Doric temple early east echinus entablature Erechtheum Etruria Etruscan façade feet flanked fourth century B.C. frieze front Greece Greek hall Hellenistic Heraeum hexastyle houses inner columns inscriptions intercolumniation Ionic later Leipzig marble Megaron metopes moulding Mycenae Paestum palace pediment perhaps peripteral piers pilasters pillars Plate podium Polias Pompeii portico Priene probably pronaos Propylaea prostyle prostyle porch pteron rectangular restored Roman Rome roof round scaena scheme second century B.C. Selinus shaft side sixth century B.C. skene stone stood storey structure stylobate Syria Temple of Apollo Temple of Athena terracotta tetrastyle theatre tiles Tiryns Treasury triglyphs upper usually vaulting Vitruvius wooden