Greek Domestic Architecture: Houses and Civic Buildings in Classical Greece (7th–2nd centuries BCE)

1. Greek colonization expands planned settlements

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Greek colonization, Planned settlements

   • Britannica

2. Royal Stoa anchors law and administration in Athens

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Stoa Basileios, Athenian Agora

   • Stoa Basileios

3. Hippodamian planning links blocks and houses

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Hippodamos of, Grid planning

   • Britannica
   • Olynthos Project

4. The Tholos supports daily executive government

   Jan 1, 470 BCELabels: Tholos, Athenian prytaneis

   • Tholos

5. Painted Stoa expands the Agora’s civic edge

   Jan 1, 460 BCELabels: Stoa Poikile, Athenian Agora

   • Stoa Poikile

6. Olynthus develops the courtyard “pastas” house

   Jan 1, 430 BCELabels: Olynthus, Pastas house

   • Olynthos Project
   • Olynthos Museum

7. Specialized dining rooms appear in elite houses

   Jan 1, 420 BCELabels: Andron, Elite houses

   • Andron
   • Olynthos Project

8. Pompeion built for Panathenaic procession logistics

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Pompeion, Panathenaic procession

   • Pompeion
   • Panathenaic Way

9. Priene exemplifies planned housing in a gridded city

   Jan 1, 350 BCELabels: Priene, Planned housing

   • Priene Houses
   • Athena Priene

10. Priene’s Bouleuterion formalizes council space

    Jan 1, 200 BCELabels: Bouleuterion, Priene

    • IME Priene
    • UMich Bouleuterion

11. Stoa of Attalos summarizes Hellenistic civic-commercial design

    Jan 1, 159 BCELabels: Stoa of, Attalos II

    • Greek Embassy
    • Stoa Attalos

12. Delos showcases wealthy peristyle houses and mosaics

    Jan 1, 150 BCELabels: Delos, Peristyle house

    • UMich Dolphins
    • ND Delos