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| 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 corbeled arch. |
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| 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. |
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| The art of the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean sea; so called because the islands circle the island Delos. |
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| Gigantic, vast and rough, massive. Cyclopean masonry is a method of stone construction using large, irregular blocks without mortar. |
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| A long passageway used as an approach often to a tholos tomb. |
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| Earthenware or pottery, especially with highly colored design. |
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| The art of the Greek mainland. Hellas is the Greek word for Greece. |
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| An ancient Greek wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water. |
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| An intricate combination of passages; a maze. Labrys means double-ax, so labyrinth means literally the "House of the Double Axes." |
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| The large reception hall of the king in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch. |
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| The pre-Helladic art of the island of Crete, named after the legendary King of Minos of Knossos. |
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| The late phase of Helladic art, named after the site of Mycenae. |
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| A black metallic alloy often used for inlay decoration. |
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| A porch with a roof supported by columns; an entrance porch. |
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| In a corbelled arch, the opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight to be carried by the lintel itself. |
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| Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the front. |
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| Freestanding figures, carved or modeled in three dimensions. |
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| The ancient name for the island of Santorini; the island was almost completely destroyed by a huge volcanic eruption. |
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| 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. |
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