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Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean. The Prehistoric Aegean. Homer. The Iliad. Heinrich Schliemann. Mycenae. Troy. The prehistoric Aegean is divided into three geographic areas: Cycladic Islands (so called because they circle around Delos) Cycladic Art
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Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean
Homer The Iliad
Mycenae Troy
The prehistoric Aegean is divided into three geographic areas: Cycladic Islands (so called because they circle around Delos) Cycladic Art Early, Middle, Late Crete Minoan Art Early, Middle, Late The Greek Mainland Helladic Art Early, Middle, Late (Mycenaean)
Cycladic Figurine of a Woman Syros, Greece 2500-2300 BC Marble 1’ 6” high
Cycladic Male Lyre Player Keros, Greece 2700-2500 BC Marble 9” high
Minoan Art (Crete)
Stairwell in the Residential Quarter of the Palace at Knossos Knossos, Crete 1700-1400 BC
Stairwell in the Residential Quarter of the Palace at Knossos Knossos, Crete 1700-1400 BC
Bull-leaping The Palace of Knossos, Crete 1450-1400 BC, Fresco, @ 2’ 8” high
Boxing Fresco at Knossos
Miniature Ships Fresco From Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC Fresco, @ 1’ 5” high
Miniature Ships Fresco from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC Fresco, @ 1’ 5” high
Spring Fresco Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC, Fresco, @ 7’ 6” high
Spring Fresco Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC, Fresco, @ 7’ 6” high
Kamares Ware (Jar) From Phaistos, Crete 1800-1700 BC @ 1’ 8” high
Minoan Vase in the Kamares Style from Phaestos 1800 BCE
Kamares Ware from the Palace at Phaestos 1800 BCE
Minoan Krater with Applied Floral Decoration 1800 BCE
Minoan Jar in the Marine Style “Octopus Jar” Palaikastro, Crete 1500 BC @ 11” high
Minoan Vase in the Marine Style Crete 1500 BC
Harvester Vase Hagia Triada, Crete 1500 BC Steatite Greatest Diameter @ 5”
Snake Goddess Palace at Knossos 1600 BC Faience @ 1’ 1 1/2” high
"The Greeks appear apt to regard with greater wonder foreign sights than sights at home. For whereas distinguished historians have described the Egyptian pyramids with the minutest detail, they have not made even the briefest mention of the treasury of Minyas and the walls of Tiryns, though these are no less marvellous." [Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.36.5]
Citadel of Tiryns Greece 1400-1200 BC
Citadel of Tiryns Greece 1400-1200 BC
Citadel of Tiryns Greece 1400-1200 BC
Citadel of Tiryns Greece 1400-1200 BC
Three methods of spanning a passageway: a. post and lintel b. corbeled arch c. arch
Mycenae, Greece 1300-1250 BC
Lion Gate Mycenae, Greece, 1300-1250 BC Limestone, relief panel @ 9’ 6” high