The Aegean Sea Bronze Age
Vocabulary
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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
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
Cycladic, Folded Arm
Figures, 2500 BCE
Cycladic, Lyre Player, 2700-2500 BCE
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
Minoan, The Palace at Knossos, Crete,
1800-1300 BCE
•Megaron
•Labyrinth
•26,000 square
yards
Plan of the Palace at Knossos, 1800-1300 BCE
Labrys, from the island of Crete
Interior view of the atrium at
the Palace at Knossos
•Ashlar masonry
•Atrium
Minoan, Toreador Fresco, Palace of Knossos, 1750-1450 BCE
Buon Fresco
Minoan, Throne room from Palace at Knossos, late 15th century BCE
Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1450-1400 BCE
La Parisienne,
Ca. 1400 BCE
Minoan,
Snake Goddess,
1800-1550 BCE
•Faience
•Flounce
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
Mycenaean,
Lions’ Gate,
1300-1200
BCE
•Relieving triangle
•Corbelled arch
•Cyclopean Masonry
Mycenae, Grave
Circle A
Mycenaean, Treasury of Atreus,
ca. 1250 BCE
• Tholos
Interior detail, Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Funerary Mask (Mask of Agamemnon)
from Grave Circle A, 1550-1500 BCE
Repoussé
Mycenaean, Vaphio Cups, ca. 1500 BCE
Minoan,
Octopus Jug,
1500 BCE
Mycenaean,
Octopus
Stirrup Jar,
ca. 1200 BCE
Warrior Vase, 1200 BCE
Krater
Harvester Vase,
1500 BCE
Dagger Blade, 1580 BCE