The Aegean Sea Bronze Age
• Megaron
• Labyrinth
• Ashlar masonry
•
Buon fresco
• Faience
• Relieving triangle
• Corbelled arch
• Krater
• Atrium
Vocabulary
• Arthur Evans
• Heinrich Schliemann
• Homer/Iliad and
Odyssey
• King Minos
• Aegean Sea
• Cycladic Islands
• Mycenae
• Knosos, Crete

•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 ,
2500-2200 BCE

Cycladic, Lyre Player , 2700-2500 BCE

•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,
1700-1450 BCE

Plan of the Palace at Knossos
•Megaron
•Labyrinth
•26,000 square yards

Labrys, from the island of Crete

Interior view of the atrium at the Palace at Knossos
•Ashlar masonry
•Atrium

Minoan, Bull Leaping, Palace of Knossos, 1550-1450 BCE
Buon Fresco Fresco Secco

Minoan, Throne room from Palace at Knossos, late 15 th century BCE

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1450-1400 BCE

La Parisienne ,
Ca. 1400 BCE

Minoan,
Snake Goddess ,
1700-1550 BCE
•Faience
•Flounce

•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
,
Ca. 1250 BCE
•
Relieving triangle
•
Corbelled arch
•
Cyclopean Masonry

Mycenae, Grave
Circle A

• Tholos

Corbelled Vault

Mycenae, Funerary Mask ( Mask of Agamemnon ) from Grave Circle A, 1600-1550 BCE
Repoussé

Mycenaean, Vapheio Cup , ca. 1650-1450 BCE

Minoan,
Octopus flask ,
1500-1400 BCE

Mycenaean,
Octopus
Stirrup Jar , ca. 1200 BCE

, 1400-1200 BCE
Krater

Harvester Vase ,
1650-1450 BCE

Dagger Blade , 1550-1500 BCE