Aegean

Question 1

Answer 1

Linear A examples

Question 1

Answer 1

Palace of Knossos, Crete, 1700-1370 BC

Question 2

Answer 2

Bull Leaping Fresco from Palace at Knossos, Crete, 1500 BC

Question 3

Answer 3

Bull-leaping Figure, Crete, 1500 BC (ivory)

Question 4

Answer 4

Griffin, Throne Room at Knossos, 1450 BC

Question 5

Answer 5

Landscape with Swallows (Spring Fresco), Thera, 1650 BC

Question 6

Answer 6

Snake Goddess or Priestess, Crete, 1500 BC

Question 7

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Answer 7

Palaikastro Youth (young god?), Crete, 1500 BC

Question 8

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Answer 8

Kamares-Ware Jar with Fish, Crete, 1800 BC

Question 9

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Answer 9

Minoan Marine Pottery, Crete, 1500 BC

Question 10

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Answer 10

Bull’s Head Rhyton, Crete, 1500 BC (ritual artifact)

Question 11

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Answer 11

The Harvesters Vase, Hagia Triada, 1500 BC

Question 12

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Answer 12

Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada, Minoan, 1350 BC

Question 13

Answer 13

Lion Gate of Mycenae, Mycenean, 1300 BC

Question 14

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Answer 14

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, 1250 BC (exterior and interior)

Question 15

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Answer 15

Gold Death Mask (Mask of Agamemnon), Mycenae, 1600 BC

Question 16

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Answer 16

Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, Mycenae, 1600 BC

Question 17

Minoan location

Answer 17

Crete

Question 18

Mycenaean location

Answer 18

Mainland Greece

Question 19

Minoan name origin

Answer 19

Named after King Minos, of Labyrinth and Minotaur fame

Question 20

Fresco

Answer 20

Form of art made by painting directly into wet plaster, so that the painting becomes incorporated into the wall itself. Very permanent.

Question 21

Pottery

Answer 21

They did it, I guess

Question 22

Chryselephantine

Answer 22

Made of gold and ivory

Question 23

Minoans: Crete

Answer 23

3000-1100 BC

Question 24

Mycenaeans: Mainland Greece

Answer 24

1600-1100 BC