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| A study of history before written records |
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| The belief that the forces of nature are inhabited by spirits. |
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| use of shading to create volume and dimension in painting |
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| A post stuck in the ground; found in early megalithic structures |
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| A culture where descent is determined through the female line |
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| Sculpture carved out of a flat background; two tyles are high and low (bas) |
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| The practice of investing plants and animals and natural phenomenon with human forms or attributes. |
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| a sign that represents a sound |
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| The simplest form of architectural construction, consisting of vertical members and supporting horizontals |
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| The pictographic script of ancient Egypt. |
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| Wedge-shaped. One of humankind's earliest writing systems, consisting of wedge-shaped marks impressed into clay by means of a reed stylus. |
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| A circle surrounded by a ditch with a built-up embankment. Probably for fortification purposes. |
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| An upright stone slab or pillar |
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| A terraced tower of rubble and brick that served ancient Mesopotamia as a temple. |
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| The bond or promise between the Hebrew people and their God |
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| The belief in one and only one god |
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| Hebrew for "instruction, law, or teaching". First 5 books of the Hebrew Bible. |
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| Words or phrases that characterize a person. |
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| Also called social or descriptive perspective; where the most important people are portrayed bigger |
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| Blue, semi-precious stone. |
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| Self-contained horizontal bands within which the figures stand on a ground or base line. |
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| Principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth |
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| Rule by god or god's representative |
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| A rectangular stone coffin that was usually encased in a fou gilded box-like wodden shrine, often fitted one inside another. |
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| Statues carved out of a single piece of stone, even though sometimes depicting more than one person. |
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| The belief and worship of a single god, while accepting that other deities might also exist and be worshipped. |
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| A question and answer style of inquiry made famous by Socrates |
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| Moving from specific incidences to general principles and from particular to universal truths. Through this, Socrates believed man could reach the ideals to which humans aspire. |
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| a 2 handed vessel used for water and wine |
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| A vessel in which wine and water were mixed. |
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| A deductive scheme of formal argument, consisting of two premises from which a conclusion may be drawn |
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| A method of inquiry dependent on direct experience or observation |
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| Derived from the Greek for "goat song" |
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| Literally means "all the gods" |
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| Sculpted block on top of a column |
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| Literally means "top of the city" |
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| A large open area that served as a public meeting place. |
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| A metalworking technique by the minoans in which the artist hammers out the design from the inside of a cup |
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| A youthful male figure, normally nude. |
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| The triangular space forming the gable of a two pitched roof in classical architecture |
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| A position assumed by the human body in which one part is turned in opposition to another; usually refers to putting one leg in front of the other in a more relaxed stance. |
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| The square panel between the beam ends under the roof of a structure; were separated by triglyphs |
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| In classical architecture, it refers to the three basic types of greek columns |
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| A farce or satirical comedy often associated with Dionysus. |
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| The principal architecture feature of the agora; a long open arcade supported by colonades or rows of columns. |
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| Female figures serving as columns |
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| Coined by aristotle, referred to a "good and flourishing life", which was the goal of every greek. |
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| Set of 4 plays, all by the same author- 3 tragedies and the last a satyr play, performed in the evening. |
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| Literally "drinking party" exclusively for men, except for the few slaves and nude flute playing women |
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| Interior room of a temple |
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| The earliest Greek philosophers |
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| A porch with a roof supported by columns. |
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