CLAS 220: The Greek House
compiled by John Porter, University of Saskatchewan

Terms, Relevant Links Elsewhere on the WWW, and Bibliography for Course Lectures on the Greek House.

NOTE: For the most part, links on this page are to relevant material on other WWW sites.
Please do not assume that the material is mine unless the page to which you are directed is clearly marked as being part of this WWW site.

Terms

(Those terms marked with an asterisk are of particular importance.)

• *Attica
• *Olynthos
  • Macedonia
  • Chalcidice
• Priene
• Delos
• Perdiccas
  • Anoikismos (c. 432)
• Philip of Macedon (348)
• *Hippodamus of Miletus
  • Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus offers a useful general account
  • Piraeus (c. 450)
  • Thurii (443)
  • cf. Aristophanes, Birds 992ff.
• Paratactic vs. Hierarchic Design
• *Pastas (pl. pastades)
  • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus (Braggart Soldier)
• Prothyron
• *Andron
  • *Symposium
• *Oikos complex
• Lekythos
• Pithos
• Louter / Louterion [Image]
• Hestia
• Aeschines 1.124
• Exedra
• *Andronitis
• *Gynaikonitis
  • Lysias 3.6 and 1.9
  • *Xenophon, Oeconomicus 9.2-11
  • Euripides, Alcestis 1049-56
  • Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 311ff. and 520ff.
  • Demosthenes 55.23
  • Aristotle, Politics 1322b37-23a6
• *Autarkeia
• Heraclides
• Agora
• Simon
• Prostas
  • Megaron
  • Rhodian Peristyle
• *Peristyle
• Sicilian Expedition: Mutilation of the Herms and Profanation of the Mysteries (415)
  • Alcibiades
  • Image of Herm

Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus

An invaluable discussion of town planning and house design at Olynthus. See in particular, Chapter Three: "The Houses Described." (Best viewed through Internet Explorer or Mozilla.)

Links to Perseus: Sites and Houses Discussed in Lectures (where available)

• Olynthos (with additional links to Nick Cahill's excellent account)
  • *Olynthos: The Site
    • Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites s.v. "Olynthus"
    • Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus
  • *House A vii 4 (Type House for Olynthos)
    • Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus
  • House A v 10
    • Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus
  • Villa of the Bronzes
    • Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus
  • House of Many Colors
    • Nick Cahill, Household and City Organization at Olynthus

• Athens
  • The Agora of Athens: Plan
  • House of the Marbleworkers
  • [Houses C and D] (not available on Perseus)
  • North Houses
  • cf. J. Travlos, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens 392-401

• Priene
  • Priene: The Site

• Delos
  • Delos: The Site
  • House of the Lake: Peristyle
  • House of Diadoumenos: Cistern Below Peristyle
  • House on the Hill: Stucco
  • House of the Masks: Mosaic
  • House of the Trident: Window

See as well the general catalogue of Houses illustrated in Perseus (thumbnail images available)

Bibliography

For a list of journal abbreviations and call numbers, see the
Journals Relating to Classics in the University of Saskatchewan Libraries page.

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• Antonaccio, C.M. "Architecture and Behavior: Building Gender into Greek Houses," CW 93 (2000) 517-33.
• Ault, B., ed. Ancient Greek houses and households. Chronological, regional, and social diversity. Philadelphia, 2005.
• Cahill, N. "Household Industry in Greece and Anatolia," in B.A. Ault and L.C. Nevett, eds., Ancient Greek Houses and Households (Philadelphia, 2005) 54-66.
• Ault, B.A. The Excavations at Ancient Halieis. Volume 2: The Houses. The Organization and Use of Domestic Space. Bloomington, 2005.
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• Ault, B.A. "Living in the Classical Polis: The Greek House as Microcosm," CW 93 (2000) 483-96.
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• Hamel, D. The mutilation of the herms: unpacking an ancient mystery. North Haven, 2012.
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