“in houses that look toward the south, the sun penetrates the portico in winter, while in summer the path of the sun is right over our heads, and above the roof

“in houses that look toward the south, the sun penetrates the portico in winter, while in summer the path of the sun is right over our heads, and above the roof, so that there is shade.” That is Socrates himself, explaining the advantageous way to orient houses. The Greeks paid special attention to this during their energy crisis, when they had burned the available forest and the citizens were eyeing the olive groves.