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- tholos
- a type of tomb in Mycenaean architecture with a bee-hive shaped circular plan, also called a bee-hive tomb; a temple with a circular plan
- labyrinth
- An intricate combination of passages; a maze. Labrys means double-ax, so labyrinth means literally the "House of the Double Axes
- Earthenware or pottery, especially with highly colored design
- cyclopean
- Gigantic, vast and rough, massive. Cyclopean masonry is a method of stone construction using large, irregular blocks without mortar.
- corbel
- Courses of stone or brick in which each course projects beyond the one beneath it. Two such structures, meeting at the topmost course, create a corbelled arch
- Mycenaean
- The late phase of Helladic art, named after the site of Mycenae
- Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the front.
- corbeled vault
- A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in a pointed arch. No mortar is used
- sculpture in the round
- Freestanding figures, carved or modeled in three dimensions
- dromos-
- A long passageway used as an approach often to a tholos tomb
- krater
- An ancient Greek wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water
- Helladic Art
- The art of the Greek mainland. Hellas is the Greek word for Greece
- niello-
- a black metallic alloy often used for inlay decoration.
- megaron
- The large reception hall of the king in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch
- portico
- A porch with a roof supported by columns; an entrance porch
- Cycladic art-
- The art of the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean sea; so called because the islands circle the island Delos
- Minoan art
- The pre-Helladic art of the island of Crete, named after the legendary King Minos of Knossos.
- Thera
- The ancient name for the island of Santorini; the island was almost completely destroyed by a huge volcanic eruption
- Linear A and B
- Ancient Aegean writing similar to hieroglyphics. Thus far only Linear B has been fully deciphered.
- relieving triangle
- In a corbelled arch, the opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight to be carried by the lintel itself.