The Aegean Sea Bronze Age Vocabulary

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The Aegean Sea Bronze AgeVocabulary

• Megaron
• Labyrinth
• Ashlar masonry
• Buon fresco
• Faience
• Relieving triangle
• Corbelled arch
• Krater
• Atrium

• Arthur Evans
• Heinrich Schliemann
• Homer/Iliad and Odyssey
• King Minos
• Aegean Sea
• Cycladic Islands
• Mycenae
• Knosos, Crete

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The Aegean Bronze Age

• Cycladic Islands-southeast of Greece
• Mycenaeans-Mycenae on Greek mainland
• Flourished between 1600-1100 BCE
• Minoans-Island of Crete
• Flourished between 2000-1500 BCE
• Heinrich Schliemann-1870s excavations of Mycenae
• Sir Arthur Evans-excavations of Crete 1899-1932

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Cycladic, Folded Arm Figures, 2500 BCE
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Cycladic, Lyre Player, 2700-2500 BCE
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Minoan Art

• Present on the island of Crete, south of Mainland
  Greece since around 3000 BCE
• Dominated the Aegean during the first half of the
  2nd millennium-approximately 2000-1500 BCE
• Minos
• Arthur Evans

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Minoan, The Palace at Knossos, Crete, 1800-1300
BCE
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• Megaron
• Labyrinth

• 26,000 square yards

Plan of the Palace at Knossos, 1800-1300 BCE
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Labrys, from the island of Crete
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Interior view of the atrium at the Palace at
Knossos

• Ashlar masonry
• Atrium

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Minoan, Toreador Fresco, Palace of Knossos,
1750-1450 BCE
Buon Fresco
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Minoan, Throne room from Palace at Knossos, late
15th century BCE
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Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1450-1400 BCE
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La Parisienne, Ca. 1400 BCE
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Minoan, Snake Goddess, 1800-1550 BCE

• Faience
• Flounce

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Mycenaean Art

• Mycenaeans arrived in Greece at an unknown time
  from an unknown location
• Flourished and dominated the Aegean during the
  second half of the 2nd millennium-approximately
  1500-1200 BCE
• Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann
• Mycenaeans highly influenced Minoan Culture
  including inhabiting the island
• Period and region involved with the legendary
  Trojan War

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Mycenaean, Lions Gate, 1300-1200 BCE

• Relieving triangle
• Corbelled arch
• Cyclopean Masonry

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Mycenae, Grave Circle A
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Mycenaean, Treasury of Atreus, ca. 1250 BCE

• Tholos

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Interior detail, Treasury of Atreus
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Mycenae, Funerary Mask (Mask of Agamemnon) from
Grave Circle A, 1550-1500 BCE
Repoussé
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Mycenaean, Vaphio Cups, ca. 1500 BCE
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Minoan, Octopus Jug, 1500 BCE
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Mycenaean, Octopus Stirrup Jar, ca. 1200 BCE
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Warrior Vase, 1200 BCE
Krater
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Harvester Vase, 1500 BCE
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Dagger Blade, 1580 BCE
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