Setting out on the trail of Greek Architecture, this volume presents a comprehensive survey which extends beyond the borders of Greece itself to include southern Italy,Asia Minor and Persia. Fortifications,domed tombs, theatres, oracular sites, temples and palaces datingf rom the sixteenth to the fourth century B.C. are all set within their cultural and historical context, conveying a vivid impression of the architecture of Ancient Greece ahd its profound importance.

 7 INTRODUCTION

   Greek Architecture - a Source of Aesthetics

15 MYCENAEAN ARCHITECTURE

   Fortifications, Tombs and Palaces of the "Homeric" World

39 THE ORIGINS OF THE GREEK TEMPLE

   The Emergence of the Peripteral Colonnade

61 SANCTUARIES OF MAGNA GRAECIA

   From Archaism to Classicism

101 THE ROLE OF GREEK ASIA MINOR

   The Art of Ionia and the Achaemenids

139 MONUMENTS OF CLASSICAL GREECE

   The Flowering of Temples and Fortresses

181 THE ACROPOLIS OF PERICLES

   Architecture at its Zenith

217 CONCLUSION

   Reason - the Great Organizer

224 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

228 GLOSSARY

231 BIBLIOGRAPHY

232 INDEX

235 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS