oecus
Sign in to saveAlso known as oeci, Roman salon
thumb|House of Augustus, south wall of the "Large oecus" with frescoes in the Pompeian Style, [[Palatine Hill, Rome]] Oecus is the Latinized form of Greek oikos, used by Vitruvius for the principal hall or salon in a Roman house, which was used occasionally as a triclinium for banquets.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, oecus is referenced by 23 other articles, and connects out to Rome, Ancient Rome and public domain.
Vinony files it under Ancient Roman architecture and Rooms.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- room
Show 2 more facts
- culture
- Ancient Rome
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- See also
- References
thumb|House of Augustus, south wall of the "Large oecus" with frescoes in the Pompeian Style, [[Palatine Hill, Rome]] Oecus is the Latinized form of Greek oikos, used by Vitruvius for the principal hall or salon in a Roman house, which was used occasionally as a triclinium for banquets.
When of great size it became necessary to support its ceiling with columns; thus, according to Vitruvius, the tetrastyle oecus had four columns; in the Corinthian oecus there was a row of columns on each side, virtually therefore dividing the room into nave and aisles, the former being covered over with a barrel vault. The Egyptian oecus had a similar plan, but the aisles were of less height, so that clerestory windows were introduced to light the room, which, as Vitruvius states, presents more the appearance of a basilica than of a triclinium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “oecus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.