Greek Cities: Agora, Polis & Acropolis PDF

## The Greek World The image shows **The Mediterranean Basin**. * A map shows details of Greece during the Archaic Age including locations such as Spain, Anatolia, Argos, Sparta, Libya, and Egypt. ## The Greek Polis The image shows a landscape picture of an ancient city with large buildings bui...

## The Greek World The image shows **The Mediterranean Basin**. * A map shows details of Greece during the Archaic Age including locations such as Spain, Anatolia, Argos, Sparta, Libya, and Egypt. ## The Greek Polis The image shows a landscape picture of an ancient city with large buildings built uphill. ## The Greek Polis * Source of Greek Creativity * Each citizen was expected to participate in the polis in regard to its: * Political life * Economic relations * Spiritual worship * Social events(e.g. dramatic performances) * A self-governing city-state * Not large cities * 'Plato' thought ideal city should have 5,000 citizens * Athens at its peak had a bit over 1,00,000 citizens **Site and Culture** *(enabling factors, not determining)* * No floods * Abundant and diverse resources * Fish,grain, grapes, olives, chestnuts, figs * Many isolated valleys and islands (natural barriers) * Sea * Isolation meant greater security, so power took a less aggressive form both externally and internally ## Greek Towns * Greeks built small towns appropriate for **human scale** * Natural borders for the town * Parts of the town were planned according to geometrical patterns and others according to defensive measures * Democracy, * Buildings of poor and rich, * public baths. ## Greek Towns Agora and Acropolis **Agora** * Gathering place and market * Place for public event * Agora on the road from the harbor, in the center and includes: * Assembly hall * Council hall * Chamber hall * Bordered by temples, workshops, vendors' stalls, statues **Acropolis** * Elevated temple district * Contained various temples * Architectural "vocabulary" used well into the 20th c. for banks, courthouses, town halls, etc. * Periodic processions to Acropolis also celebrated the polis **Separation of church and state was indicated by distance between the *agora* and the *acropolis*** ## Hippodamus First Greek Architect The image shows a graphic design of the plan of Piraeus after Mirchhofer. * Gridded roads * House blocks(rectangular) * Imp roads parallel to shore(Straight & Wide) * Outline of town-not necessarily rectangular ## City Priene * 400 dwellings with 4000 population * Agora surrounded by public buildings and residential blocks * Each Resi.Block -4/5 houses * Broad road aprox 23 ft wide * Short road 'T' - 10 ft wide * G. Agora, Market. * A, B, C -Gates. * D, E, F, H, M, P - Temples * I-Council House, * L, Q. Gymnasium. * N. Theatre, * O. Water reservoir, * R. Race-course The other image shows a landscape picture of the City Priene. A graphics with letters on the side show the details about marked buildings. * A, B, C. Gates. * D, E, F, H, M, P. Temples * G. Agora, Market. * I. Council House, * L, Q. Gymnasium. * N. Theatre, * O. Water-reservoir, * R. Race-course