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vaulted corridors provided a dramatic entrance for athletes and judges.
Famous examples include those at Nemea and Olympia which had seating
capacities of 30,000 and 45,000 spectators respectively.
Considering more modest structures, there were fountain houses (from

the 6th century BCE) where people could easily collect water and perhaps,
as black-figure pottery scenes suggest, socialize. Regarding private homes,
these were usually constructed with mud brick, had packed earth floors,

and were built to no particular design. One- or two-storied houses were the
norm. Later, from the 5th century BCE, better houses were built in stone,
usually with plastered exterior and frescoed interior walls. Also, there was
often no particular effort at town planning which usually resulted in a

maze of narrow chaotic streets, even in such great cities as Athens. Colo-
nies in Magna Graecia, as we have seen in Selinus, were something of an
exception and often had more regular street plans, no doubt a benefit of

constructing a town from scratch.

II. Divide the text into six logical parts. Give the title to each part.

III. Write out all architectural terms in the text and find their
definitions in English.

IV. Find the right translation of all proper nouns in the text.

V. Choose the necessary word and complete the following sen-

tences:

1. The earlier use of wooden pillars eventually a) planning

evolved into the Doric column in….
2. Many of these… are invisible to the naked b) temples
eye.
3. Also, there was often no particular effort at c) stone

town….
4. Greek temples were, therefore, not only d) refinements
functional… but also that the building itself.

5. A great deal of effort was made to build … e) structures
in prominent positions.

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