Abstract
The Classical Era domestic and urban organization are evaluated in relation to the notions of democracy and equality by most researchers. In these studies, usually both sides of the Aegean are interpreted together. However, the political and social structure and in conjunction the organization of urban and domestic layout display significant differences in Anatolia and Greece. Just as it is not possible to identify a single, homogenous Greek culture until the Hellenistic era, it is also not sensible to claim that there was a definite democratic governance in West Anatolia which had been under Persian rule between 546-334 BC, though with intervals. Within this frame, the relation of the Ancient Greek houses of West Anatolia to the political ideas of democracy and equality, is evaluated in this study. This relation will be examined through the grid plan, equal house plots ( insulae s) and identical type-houses which are all considered to be aspects of the equality principle, the oikos (living room) which is considered as a place pursuing the spatial tradition of the Mycenaean palaces, the reception room (the andron ) of the Classical house which is interpreted as the indicator of the share of political power among citizens.
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