Urban water engineering and management in ancient Greece

Angelakis, AN; Koutsoyiannis, D

dc.contributor.author	Angelakis, AN	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsoyiannis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:54:17Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:54:17Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/36795
dc.title	Urban water engineering and management in ancient Greece	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	Ancient Greek civilization has been thoroughly studied, focusing on mental and artistic achievements like poetry, philosophy, science, politics, sculpture. On the other hand, most of technological exploits are still relatively unknown. However, more recent research reveals that ancient Greeks established critical foundations for many modern technological achievements, including water resources. Their approaches, remarkably advanced, encompass various fields of water resources, especially for urban use, such as groundwater exploitation, water transportation, even from long distances, water supply, stormwater and wastewater sewerage systems, flood protection and drainage, construction and use of fountains, baths and other sanitary and purgatory facilities, and even recreational uses of water. The scope of this chapter is not the exhaustive presentation of what is known today about hydraulic works, related technologies and their uses in ancient Greece but, rather, the discussion of a few characteristic examples in selected urban water fields that chronologically extend from the early Minoan civilization to the classical Greek period.	en