• Hippodamus of Miletus (/hɪˈpɒdəməs/; Greek: Ἱππόδαμος ὁ Μιλήσιος, Hippodamos ho Milesios; c.480–408 BC) was an ancient Greek architect, urban planner...
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    Miletus (/maɪˈliːtəs/; Greek: Μῑ́λητος, romanized: Mī́lētos; Hittite: 𒈪𒅋𒆷𒉿𒀭𒁕 Mīllawānda or 𒈪𒆷𒉿𒋫 Milawata (exonyms); Latin: Mīlētus; Turkish:...
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  • of urban planners chronological by initial year of plan. c. 332 BC Dinocrates – Alexandria, Egypt c. 408 BC Hippodamus of Miletus – Piraeus (port of Athens)...
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    government. The Greek Hippodamus of Miletus (c. 407 BCE) has been dubbed the "Father of City Planning" for his design of Miletus; the Hippodamian, or grid...
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  • adherent of Pythagoras (d. c. 355 BC) Dion, tyrant of Syracuse (d. c. 354 BC) Hippodamus of Miletus, Greek urban planner and polymath (b. 498 BC) Wikimedia...
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    rebuilt to the famous grid plan of architect Hippodamus of Miletus, known as the Hippodamian plan, and the main agora of the city was named after him in...
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  • Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια), an agora at Piraeus named after the builder Hippodamus of Miletus All pages with titles beginning with Hippodamia This disambiguation...
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    orator (d. 411 BC) Ezra, Jewish scribe and priest (d. c. 440 BCE) Hippodamus of Miletus, Greek architect and urban planner (d. 408 BC) Siddhartha Gautama...
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    grid-like) plans. Hippodamus of Miletus (498–408 BC), the ancient Greek architect and urban planner, is considered to be "the father of European urban planning"...
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    through the work of Hippodamus of Miletus (498–408 BC), who planned and replanned many Greek cities in accordance with this form. The concept of a grid as the...
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    thinkers of their day but also other Greek and foreign scholars. Among them were the philosopher Anaxagoras, the architect Hippodamus of Miletus, who reconstructed...
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  • others—demonstrate that Hippodamus cannot truly have been the inventor of this layout. Aristotle's critique and indeed ridicule of Hippodamus, which appears in...
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    collected for household use. The development of regular town plans is associated with Hippodamus of Miletus, a pupil of Pythagoras. Public buildings became "dignified...
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  • orator (d. 411 BC) Ezra, Jewish scribe and priest (d. c. 440 BCE) Hippodamus of Miletus, Greek architect and urban planner (d. 408 BC) Siddhartha Gautama...
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  • philosophers, Phaleas of Chalcedon: II.7  (who promoted methods of enforcing wealth egalitarianism) and Hippodamus of Miletus: II.8  (who had detailed...
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  • Callicrates (mid-5th c. BC), Greek Hermodorus of Salamis (fl. 146–102 BC), Cypriot Hippodamus of Miletus (498–408 BC), Greek Ictinus (fl. mid-5th c. BC)...
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    Hippodamus of Miletus was a famous ancient Greek architect and urban planner, and all around academic that is often considered to be a "father of European...
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    The Birds. The utopian cities of Phaleas of Chalcedon and Hippodamus of Miletus are based on the equal distribution of property, but public slaves are...
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    league under the rule of Athens. The city of Thourioi hosted important people such as Herodotus, Protagoras, Hippodamus of Miletus and Lysias. 415–413 BC:...
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    Pleistoanax, king of Sparta since 458 BC 408 BC Hippodamus of Miletus, Greek urban planner and polymath (b. 498 BC) 407 BC Hermocrates, leader of the moderate...
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    grid plan of architect Hippodamus of Miletus, known as the Hippodamian plan. (The main agora of the city was named after him in honour of this achievement...
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    thinkers of their day but also other Greek and foreign scholars. Among them were the philosopher Anaxagoras, the architect Hippodamus of Miletus, who reconstructed...
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    vacations. It was built according to the standard model of Hippodamus of Miletus with a grid of crossing Decumans and Cardos. The houses were elegant and...
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  • are part of a long history of shaping the built landscape. Such efforts go back to the urban designs of Hippodamus of Miletus, the planning of cities in...
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  • flourished during a turbulent period of Athenian democracy. Like Hippodamus of Miletus, he called for an equal division of land holdings and education. He...
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    rectilinear grid of streets typical of Hellenistic foundations is traditionally credited to Alexander's architect Hippodamus of Miletus. Whether or not...
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    alignments of the ancient plan by Hippodamus of Miletus for the new quarters. The new city was erected outside the walls, south of the west bank of the Mandraki...
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  • Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus) Hippodamia (wife of Autonous) Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) Hippodamus of Miletus Hippodrome Hippodrome of Olympia Hippolochus...
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    mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker Hippodamus, architect, urban planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist, the father of European urban planning Galen...
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  • federal capital in the Ialysia region of the island. The geographer Strabo reports that Hippodamos of Miletus designed the city, but he would have been...
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