Hippodamus of Miletus
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Search complete. 14 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Hippodamus of Miletus".
Sep 11, 2026
Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)
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16:47Stefan AlGUEST
Yeah, correct.
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16:49Stefan AlGUEST
We credit Hippodamus for the grid.
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16:51Stefan AlGUEST
The grid already existed beforehand in other societies, but he was the first one to really
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16:58James WunschHOST
Who was that?
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17:00Stefan AlGUEST
Hippodamus, he really gets the first one to write about this.
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17:07Stefan AlGUEST
And yeah, as a result, we kind of credit the Greeks with the grid.
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17:11Stefan AlGUEST
But the grid didn't originate there.
Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)
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16:48James WunschHOST
... um.
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16:48Stefan AlGUEST
Yeah, we, we credit Hippodamus for the, for the grid, and the grid already e- existed beforehand in, in other societies, but he was the first one to really, um-
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16:58James WunschHOST
Who, who, who was that?
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17:00Stefan AlGUEST
Hippodamus.
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17:01Stefan AlGUEST
He really-
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17:01James WunschHOST
Okay
Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)
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16:47Stefan AlGUEST
Yeah, correct.
S
16:49Stefan AlGUEST
We credit Hippodamus for the grid.
S
16:51Stefan AlGUEST
The grid already existed beforehand in other societies, but he was the first one to really
J
16:58James WunschHOST
Who was that?
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17:00Stefan AlGUEST
Hippodamus, he really gets the first one to write about this.
S
17:07Stefan AlGUEST
And yeah, as a result, we kind of credit the Greeks with the grid.
S
17:11Stefan AlGUEST
But the grid didn't originate there.
Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)
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16:47Stefan AlGUEST
Yeah, correct.
S
16:49Stefan AlGUEST
We credit Hippodamus for the grid.
S
16:51Stefan AlGUEST
The grid already existed beforehand in other societies, but he was the first one to really
J
16:58James WunschHOST
Who was that?
S
17:00Stefan AlGUEST
Hippodamus, he really gets the first one to write about this.
S
17:07Stefan AlGUEST
And yeah, as a result, we kind of credit the Greeks with the grid.
S
17:11Stefan AlGUEST
But the grid didn't originate there.
Stefan Al, "Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home" (Norton, 2026)
S
16:47Stefan AlGUEST
Yeah, correct.
S
16:49Stefan AlGUEST
We credit Hippodamus for the grid.
S
16:51Stefan AlGUEST
The grid already existed beforehand in other societies, but he was the first one to really
J
16:58James WunschHOST
Who was that?
S
17:00Stefan AlGUEST
Hippodamus, he really gets the first one to write about this.
S
17:07Stefan AlGUEST
And yeah, as a result, we kind of credit the Greeks with the grid.
S
17:11Stefan AlGUEST
But the grid didn't originate there.
Lesser Hippias-Plato (Πλάτων)
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25:12Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
His art of memory is specially mentioned in both.
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25:15Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
He is an inferior type of the same species as Hippodamus of Miletus, parentheses, Aristotle Politicus, end of parentheses.
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25:25Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
Some passages in which the lesser Hippias may be advantageously compared with the undoubtedly genuine dialogues of Plato are the following.
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25:35Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
Lesser Hippias, compare Republic, Socrates cunning in argument, compare Laches, Socrates feeling about arguments, compare Republic, Socrates not unthankful, compare Republic, Socrates dishonest in argument.
Lesser Hippias-Plato (Πλάτων)
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23:39Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
His art of memory is specially mentioned in both.
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23:42Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
He is an inferior type of the same species as Hippodamus of Miletus.
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23:52Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
Some passages in which the lesser Hippias may be advantageously compared with the undoubtedly genuine dialogues of Plato are the following.
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24:03Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
Lesser Hippias.
Lesser Hippias-Plato (Πλάτων)
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24:31Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
the greater hippias more resembles the euthydemus than any other dialogue but is immeasurably inferior to it the lesser hippias seems to have more merit than the greater and to be more platonic in spirit the character of hippias is the same in both dialogues but his vanity and boasting are even more exaggerated in the greater hippias His art of memory is specially mentioned in both.
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24:58Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
He is an inferior type of the same species as Hippodamus of Miletus.
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25:08Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
Some passages in which the lesser Hippias may be advantageously compared with the undoubtedly genuine dialogues of Plato are the following.
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25:18Kevin JohnsonNARRATOR
Lesser Hippias.
Selects: The Manhattan Grid
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17:45Josh ClarkHOST
But anyway, at about at least 5,000 years ago, the Indus Valley civilization was using the grid layout to create, uh, Mohenjo-daro, um, which was a, a 750-acre city on a grid.
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17:59Josh ClarkHOST
Um, and then shortly after that, the Greeks said, "I really like this." In fact, there's a, a Greek, um, thinker and mas-mathematician named Hippodamus who's known as the father of city planning, and he was bully for grids too.
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18:14Chuck BryantHOST
Yeah, if you have a grid that's still-- they-- people still call that the Hippodamian plan
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18:18Chuck BryantHOST
planWhich is kind of great all these years later to still get recognized for your grid work.