Palacios, plazas, templos: las residencias de los dioses en los orígenes de la polis

The aim is to explore the ways in which the Greek epic conceives the habitat of the gods as both reflecting and fashioning the defining patterns of the eighth-century polis. At one level, the gods’ palaces, built by Hephaistos as works of an artisan rather than of an architect, function as models fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Carruesco, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/290678
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/290678
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arquitectura grega
Mitologia grega
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Sumario:The aim is to explore the ways in which the Greek epic conceives the habitat of the gods as both reflecting and fashioning the defining patterns of the eighth-century polis. At one level, the gods’ palaces, built by Hephaistos as works of an artisan rather than of an architect, function as models for the houses of Greek aristocrats, conceived as magnificent status symbols. On the other hand, in Greek myth, unlike in Mesopotamian cultures, there is no divine architectural model to be copied in human cities. Rather, as befits a still largely oral culture, some symbolically charged actions and movements, especially ritual choral dancing performed by the gods and imitated by humans, are emphasized as important ways of defining and fashioning both urban and social space.