are named as laid out by Hippodamus.Aristotle tells us that he planned the Piraeus, the port 30 ANCIENT TOWN-PLANNING of Athens, with broad straight streets. He does notadd the precise relation of these streets to one another.If, however, the results of recent German inquiriesand conjectures are… … A-Agorft of Hippodiuni*B cjid C ■ othpT open ipaoea Fig. 2. rectangular blocks of houses; the longer and pre-sumably the more important streets ran parallel tothe shore, while shorter streets ran at right anglesto them down to the quays. Here is a rectangularscheme of streets, though the outline of…
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