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Minoans: Minoan Visual Culture

The Minoans were an ancient civilization that thrived on the island of Crete from around 2600 to 1100 BC. One of the most fascinating aspects of Minoan culture is their rich visual arts and artifacts that provide a glimpse into their sophisticated society. Minoan visual culture is characterized by vibrant frescoes, intricate pottery, and intricate...

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The Dorians

Legends which survived among the Dorians and which have come down to us through Pindar, Herodotus and other ancient writers, say that the earliest ancestors of the Dorians were Makednoi (that is, Macedonians), who migrated to Doris from Pindos, more precisely from the Lakmos region....

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Greek Architecture

Introduction to Greek Architecture. The Greek Orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian...

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Ancient Greek Culture and Daily Life

The Greek culture began before the Roman. The Iliad, one of the earliest of the great written Greek works, appeared roughly 700 years before the Aeneid , an early Roman work. The Iliad in turn was based on a good 300 years of verbal story telling. Greek civilization was mostly conducted from small city states. The Greeks loved life and lived it wit...

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The Ancient City of Athens

Photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students and teachers of classical art & archaeology, civilization, languages, and history as a supplement to their class lectures and reading assignments and as a source of images for use in term papers, p...

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The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle

The Internet Classics Archive | [Ancient Greece]...

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Linear B

Despite such a non-descriptive name, Linear B has proved to be the oldest surviving record of the Greek dialect known as Mycenaean, named after the great site of Mycenae where the legendary Agamemnon ruled. The script's usage spanned the time period between approximately 1500 BC and 1200 BC, and geographically covered the island of Crete, as well a...

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The Early Minoan Period:The Settlements

EARLY MINOAN I (ca. 3100/3000-2700/2650 B.C.) Pottery Architecture Stone Metal External Relations EARLY MINOAN II (ca. 2700/2650-2150 B.C.) Pottery Architecture Stone Metal Internal and External Relations EARLY MINOAN III (ca. 2150-2050/2000 B.C.) Problems of Definition Pottery Architecture...

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