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The Aegean Sea Bronze Age
Vocabulary• 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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•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
The Aegean Bronze Age
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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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•26,000 square yards
•Megaron•Labyrinth
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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Repoussé
Mycenae, Funerary Mask (Mask of Agamemnon)from Grave Circle A, 1550-1500 BCE
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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