GREEK ARCHITECTURE : PART 2

CIVIC BUILDINGS
-A market or a meeting place in a Greek city. The hub of the public life where the most important public buildings were situated.

AGORA

Designed for the presentation of plays in which choral songs and dances were prominent features

THEATRON

a building for the actor's use.

SKENE

THEATRON

•An ancient Greek portico.
•Usually detached and of considerable length.
•Used as a promenade or meeting place around public places.

STOA

STOA

•Senate house.
•A public town hall for the citizens of ancient Greece.
•Contains state banquet halls and hospitality suites.

PRYTANEION

PRYTANEION

•Council chamber with rows of stepped benches surrounding a central platform.

BOULEUTERION

BOULEUTERION

•A roofed theatre building in antiquity, especially one for the performance of vocal and instrumental music.

ODEION

ODEION

•An ancient Greek elongated sports venue with round ends, surrounded on all sides with banked spectator stands; venue for foot racing.

STADION

STADION

•An open or roof track or arena for chariot or horse racing in ancient Greece.

HIPPODROME

HIPPODROME

•Wrestling house.
•A place used for the instruction and practice of wrestling athletics.

PALAESTRA

PALAESTRA

An ancient Greek center for sports, with buildings, playing areas and baths

GYMNASIUM

GYMNASIUM

•An early Greek dwelling type.
•A long rectangular central hall in a Mycenean palace complex, which may have served as a temple.
Parts consists of an open porch, a vestibule, and a large hall with a central hearth and a throne

MEGARON