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

•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

Cycladic, Folded Arm Figures,

2500-2200 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, 1700-1450 BCE

•26,000 square yards

•Megaron•Labyrinth

Plan of the Palace at Knossos

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 15th century BCE

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1450-1400 BCE

La Parisienne, Ca. 1400 BCE

Minoan, Snake Goddess, 1700-1550 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,

Ca. 1250 BCE

•Relieving triangle

•Corbelled arch

•Cyclopean Masonry

Mycenae, Grave Circle A

Mycenaean, Tholos, “Treasury of Atreus,” ca. 1300-1200 BCE

• Tholos

Interior detail, Treasury of Atreus

Corbelled Vault

Repoussé

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

Mycenaean, Vapheio Cup, ca. 1650-1450 BCE

Minoan, Octopus flask, 1500-1400 BCE

Mycenaean, Octopus

Stirrup Jar, ca. 1200 BCE

Warrior Vase, 1400-1200 BCE

Krater

Harvester Vase, 1650-1450 BCE

Dagger Blade, 1550-1500 BCE