Greek Quiz 1 Slide IDs

Paintings of Asphendou Cave

15,000 - 13,000 BP

Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, France

images of animals that were likely around the area at the time

‘Venus’ figurine of Franchthi Cave

Neolithic

carved figurine of a woman

linked to fertility and the afterlife

Sesklo

village in Greece

had advanced agriculture and a very early use of pottery

Dimini

5000 - 3000

village near Volos

well known for abstracted painted vessels

Harpist from Keros

unknown location

Bronze Age

marble statuette of man seated on throne holding instrument

one of the earliest known representations of a musician

Cycladic “frying pan”

2700 BC

earthenware that is a flat circular disk with a handle

purpose is unknown, but are prestige goods

Palace at Knossos

has central court, magazines, grand staircase

best known center for Minoan civilization

plan was remembered as the Labyrinth

associated with the Greek myth of Minos and Minotaur

Throne Room at Knossos

chamber built for ceremonial purposes

alabaster seat with griffins on either side

there to represent the power of whoever sat in the seat

Bull-Leaping Fresco

Knossos

Late Bronze Age

Plaster

True Fresco

depicts the handling of bulls, significant to Minoan culture

men may be trying to get time

Snake Goddess(es)

Knossos

Late Bronze Age

Faience

women with breast emphasized, clothes shown as high status, holding two snakes that may represent she is powerful

Harvester Vase

located: Agia Triada

late bronze age

stone, carved in relief

it is a ryton

shows men going to harvest, singing as they go

interpreted as a harvest celebration, a religious procession, or a military scene

Vapheio Cups

Vapheio

late bronze age

hammered gold

athletic men, bulls, curvilinear, narrow waists, minoan

“Mask of Agamemnon”

Mycenae

Late bronze age

leaf-hammered gold

indicate honor, wealth and status

Gold mask found in one of the graves by Heinrich Schliemann, said to be of Agamemnon but later believed not to be

Treasury of Atreus

Mycenae

late bronze age

stone, cyclopean masonry, corbelling

dead buried in side chamber, goods in main room, sacrifices?

Warrior Vase

Mycenae

Late Helladic

huge noses, abstracted, shift towards concern of war instead of family

Procession Scene Knossos

figures offering rituals

lady may be queen or goddess

shows Minoan life and spirituality

Prince of the Lillies

Knossos

1550 BCE

La Parisienne

Knossos

1400 BC

woman is someone of importance

sacral knot worn at the back of the neck

Citadel of Mycenae

city’s defensive center and the hub of its economic, religious, and administrative life

Lions’ Gate

Mycenae

1250 BC

built for main entrance of Mycenae entrance

used as a placeholder in the relieving triangle

very minoan, may have been made by an enslaved minoan

Citadel at Pylos

where nestor is from, different from minoan no courtyard, has megaron

Marine Style Octopus Flask

Minoan

Vase

stone

made to celebrate the sea, covered in sea life

Dipylon Amphora

clay and slip

760 BC

covered in geometric patterns and human figures

funerary vessel

Dipylon Krater

funerary vases found at the Dipylon cemetary

black figure decoration of mourning and funeral scenes

Folded-arm Cycladic figurine

Syros, Cycladic Islands
Early Bronze Age (ca. 2500 BCE)
Carved marble female figures with tilted heads, defined legs, and painted polychromy primarily deposited in grave contexts

Centaur from Lefkandi

Toumba at Lefkandi, Euboia
Iron Age (10th c. BCE)
Terracotta hybrid figure combining wheel-made and hand-sculpted techniques, showing the endurance of oral mythological storytelling

Geometric oinochoe with narrative

scene, Athenian Agora

730 BC

combat scene showing warriors, chariots, and horses

example of “storytelling” on a functional vessel

Late Geometric krater with ship scene, Thebes (the “Paris” Krater)

730 BC

Orange‑buff clay with brown/white grits, brown paint

Scene may be Paris abducting Helen

geometric

Hero and centaur, Olympia

750-730 BCE

bronze

human figure locked in combat with a centaur

geometric shapes

Herakles kills the centaur Nessos

Geometric Horse

750-700 BC

bronze

symbolizing wealth, power, and religious devotion

geometric shapes, elongated legs, narrow body, cylindrical nose

appear in funerary contexts

Architectural sculpture from Prinias

625-600 BC

limestone

lintel spans the main entrance of Temple A and bears two identical enthroned goddesses

lower beam has 6 panthers in relief

shift toward using temple surfaces for narrative and symbolic expression

Mantiklos Bronze

from Thebes

700-675 BC

bronze

offered in a sanctuary to Apollo

Daedalic style

Lady of Auxerre

640 BC

limestone

Daedalic style and archaic smile

a votive goddess, a deceased individual in prayer, or a symbolic “maiden”

transition from the Greek Dark Ages to the Archaic period

Eleusis amphora

650 BC

moving from the rigid Geometric style to more expressive narrative storytelling

funerary urn

neck shows Odysseus blinding cyclops

body shows Perseus fleeing after killing medusa

Chigi Vase

Protocorinthian, 640BC

emphasis on story being told, not the beautiful art
-black figure pottery

upper register- 1st example of hoplite warfare, consists of men fighting, gives us the point at which warfare began, was how Greeks defeated Persians, individual field decorations, elite class
-middle register- lioness being killed by 4 men, lion eating men, men are nude, direct influence from Assyrian art (lion), showing wealthiest members of society
-lower register- hunt scene with boys, don't have long hair, long trend = long hair, hierarchy with boys on bottom and men on top

Mykonos relief amphora

650 BC

terracotta storage jar, found with human bones

shows sack or Troy and Trojan Horse

Bronze statuettes from Dreros

700 BC

center figure may be Apollo

 woman wearing clothes showing they may be goddesses, nudity for men is a uniform of eliteness

Temple at Dreros

Temple of Apollo

750 BCE

one of the earliest free-standing Greek temples

Funerary Structure at Lefkandi

Heroon

950 BCE

a cremated man with weapons and an inhumed woman richly jewelled, alongside the cremated remains of four horses

Pediment from the Temple of Artemis

at Corfu

590 BCE

stone pediment

depicting the Gorgon Medusa flanked by panthers, with Pegasus and Chrysaor emerging from her neck

Egyptian standing male statue and Greek kouros comparison

Egyptian Male: commemorative of the pharaoh’s divine authority, often placed in tombs to ensure his presence in the afterlife, Hard stone (greywacke), fine carving

Kouros: Votive offerings, grave markers, or commemorative statues of heroes/athletes, more anatomical accuracy and dynamic balance, Marble

Both are standing, frontal, with left foot slightly forward

Anavysos Kouros

530 BCE, Late Archaic Period

grave marker for a young warrior named Kroisos

archaic smile, idealized porportions