A Companion to Greek Architecture

A Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering, and construction as well as theory, reception, and lasting impact.

• Covers both sacred and secular structures and complexes, with particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting
• Makes use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings
• Brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art historians
• Presents the most up-to-date English language coverage of Greek architecture in several decades while also sketching out important areas and structures in need of further research

Margaret M. Miles is Professor of Art History and Classics in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. She was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens during 2008-2014. She is the author of a block-by-block study of the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous (1989), a volume in the Agora excavation series, Agora XXXI: The City Eleusinion (1998), Art as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property (2008), and the Editor of Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited (2011), and Autopsy in Athens--Recent Archaeological Research in Athens and Attica (2015). She is currently writing a book on fifth century Greek religious architecture.