CLASSICAL GREEK ARCHITECTURE

WEEK 2

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DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

Ancient Greek houses were usually plain

and simple. They were made of:

• Sun dried mud bricks

• Stone foundation
• Roofs – overlapping clay tiles
• Packed mud floor – sometimes tiled
floor with mosaic inlay.

GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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 Houses usually were centered on a
courtyard that would have been the
scene for various ritual activities; the
courtyard also provided natural light
for the often small houses.

The ground floor rooms would have

included kitchen and storage rooms,
perhaps an animal pen and a latrine;

The chief room was the andron— site

of the male-dominated drinking party
(symposion).

The quarters for women and children

(gynaeceum) could be located on the
second level and were, in any case,
segregated from the mens’ area.

Not uncommon to have

workshops/shops as part of the
houses.

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 ANDRON

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HOUSE OF COLLINE

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 HOUSE OF MASKS

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 HOUSE OF MASKS

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 HOUSE OF MASKS

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MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE – TEMPLES OF ANCIENT GREECE

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 NAOS – CELLA / INNER
CHAMBER FOR STATUE OF
GOD/GODDESS

PRONAOS – FRONT PORCH

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THE PARTHENON DORIC
IONIC

TREASURY NAOS:
STATUE OF ATHENA
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THEATRE OF EPIDAURUS

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THEATRE OF EPIDAURUS

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CAVEA
Large Semicircular seating area of the
theatre.

SCENE Building
Scene or Skene building, structure
where the players prepared –
containing dressing rooms and storage
space.

PROSCENIUM
A colonnaded structure placed along
the front of the scene building.
The roof formed a raised stage.

ORCHESTRA
Flat circular space at bottom of cavea.
Literally meaning ‘dancing place’, the
orchestra is where the performers
danced and sang.

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