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| Carefully cutand regularly shaped blocks of stone used in construction, fitted together without mortar |
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| In Mycenaean architecture, the triangular opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight to be carried by the lintel itself. |
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| Having the ability to ward off evil |
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| Vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch |
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| the large reception hall and throne room in a mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch |
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| formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face. The metal sheet is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a graver. |
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| painting on lime plaster, either dry or wet. in the latter method, the pigments are mixed with water and become chemically bound to the freshly laid lime plaster. |
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| a low-fired opaque glasslike silicate |
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| An independent city-state in ancient greece |
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| God of light and music, and a great archer. Son of Zeus and Leto, daughter of one of the titans. in youth, identified with the sun. |
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| An ornament, usually in bands but also covering broad surfaces, consisting of interlocking geometric motifs. An ornamental pattern of contiguous straight lines joined usually at right angles. |
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| Silhouetting of dark figures against a light background of natural, reddish clay, with linear details incised through the silhouettes. |
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| a creature from ancient greek mythology with the front or top half of a human and the back of a horse. |
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| Style of greek art during the night and eight centuries BCE, characterized by abstract geometric ornament and schematic figures. |
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| an ancient greek two-handled jar used for general storage purposes, usually to hold wine or oil. |
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| the greek orientalizing sculptural style of the seventh century BCE named after the legendary artist Daedalus |
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| a simple, long belted garment of wool worn by women in ancient greece. |
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| a greek tunic, the essential garment of both men and women, the other being the himation, or mantle. |
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| an ancient greek mantle worn by men and women over the chiton and draped in various ways |
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| the ancient greek mythology, the battle between gods and giants |
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| the convex profile in the shaft of a column (swelling |
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