Glossary · M
Megaron
The principal hall of a Mycenaean palace: an open porch with two columns between the ends of the side walls, a vestibule, and a great rectangular hall with a round hearth ringed by four columns. The plan is an ancestor of the Greek temple.
Rules that use the word
The megaron: porch, vestibule and hearth hall. Plan the principal hall as a long rectangle entered on its short side through a porch with two columns between the side walls and a vestibule, and put a great round hearth in the centre of the hall, ringed by four columns carrying a raised roof.
The citadel: the king’s hall on the summit. Wall the whole hill; put the ruler’s megaron on its summit, reached by a ramp from the main gate; keep stores, shrines and the ancestral graves inside the walls, and bring water within reach by a hidden stair.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Post and Lintel, The Ancient World.
A feature of Aegean Bronze Age architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Maru · Mastaba · Medhi · Megalith · Metope · Mihrab · Minaret · Minbar