CLCV 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Doric Order, Polis, Fraternities And Sororities

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 231
• Professor: K Kreindler

Document Summary

Not where people live, central focal point of city-state. Each polis has its own god to worship (ex: athens = athena) Bi-polar sanctuary: demarcates border of polis/establishes territory (political) Temenos: boundary wall that establishes it as a sacred precinct. Oikos (temple): god"s house; presence manifested as cult statue. Early temples were based on common greek houses. Cella/naos: center of temple w/cult statue of god. Central colonnade statue of hera couldn"t see gifts. Greek"s create standard column ratio: # columns on short side x (# columns on short side * 2) + 1. Narrow temples are easier to build; as technology increases, temples become wider. Petrification: start to build temples out of stone. Construction becomes much more expensive can only be built by state (civic temples) Incentive for states to compete w/each other by building massive temples. Popular in western coast of turkey and islands. Altar: most important part (give gifts to gods/appease gods)