Residential House of Homeric Period (17-18th B. C.) in the Iliad and the Odyssey
Abstract
The paper presents the analysis of fragments from Homer poems dedicated to architecture of residential houses of 17-18th centuries, B. C., i. e. urban and homestead houses, palaces of Alcinous, Menelaus, Nestor, Odyssey, Priam, etc. The town-planning aspects, functional-planning structure of residential houses are considered in this paper as well as façade design, architectural elements, and applicable building materials. Heating and water-supply systems played the important role in homesteads architecture and also the improvement of inner yards and gardens.
About the Authors
Evgenii N. Polyakov
Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr V. Krasovskii
Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Polyakov E.N., Krasovskii A.V. Residential House of Homeric Period (17-18th B. C.) in the Iliad and the Odyssey. Vestnik of Tomsk state university of architecture and building. 2016;(4):9-18. (In Russ.)
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