Module 2

Question 1

What is a megaron?

Answer 1

A building mentioned by Homer as throne room complex, consisting of a porch with two columns and an interior room usually with hearth

Question 2

What is a repoussé?

Answer 2

Metal work decoration in relief, done by beating the metal from behind

Question 3

What is cyclopean masonry?

Answer 3

Large worked stones originally thought to have been carved and set by Cyclops

Question 4

What is a stele?

Answer 4

An upright slab, usually stone, with writing or decoration

Question 5

What is Linear B?

Answer 5

System of writing of Mycenaean (Late Helladic) people which is form of Greek

Question 6

What is corbel vault/arch?

Answer 6

System of spanning a space with each successive layer jutting further out on each side until meeting in order to bridge a gap

Question 7

What is a tholos?

Answer 7

Type of monumental beehive tomb with a long dromos, tall door, and covered with earth (tumulus)

Question 8

Citadel of Mycenae

Answer 8

Late Helladic (c. 1600-1200 BCE)
Powerful city with wanax
Typical Mycenaean features (Cyclopean
masonry, defensive walls, palace, megaron)
Earlier grave circles (A & B)

Question 9

Lion Gate of Mycenae

Answer 9

Late Helladic (1300 BCE)
Defensive role
Imagery of lions (Near Eastern)
Cyclopean masonry

Question 10

Room with a Fresco, Mycenae

Answer 10

Late Helladic IIB (1300 BCE)
Mycenaean Religion?
Goddesses?
Scale of figures
Attributes & Gestures

Question 11

Grave Circle A at Mycenae

Answer 11

Mycenaean (LHI 1600-1500 BCE)
6 shaft graves
Marked with a decorated stele
Rich grave goods
Elite warrior culture

Question 12

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae

Answer 12

Late Helladic IIIB (1300-
1200 BCE)
Tholos tomb
Corbel dome
Robbed in antiquity