After reading Chapter 4, you should be able to:
- Compare Cycladic culture with Minoan and Mycenaean cultures.
- Identify all the works and define the terms in the chapter.
- Relate the myths associated with Minoan and Mycenaean cultures.
- Describe the style of Minoan painting, architecture, and pottery.
- Compare Minoan post-and-lintel architecture with that of Persia.
- Give the evidence for contacts between Egypt and Crete, and between Crete and Mycenae.
- Discuss the Theran frescoes.
- Draw and label the plan of the Mycenaean megaron.
- Describe Mycenaean architecture, especially tholos tombs and the Lion Gate.
- Locate Mycenae, Thera, the Cyclades, Crete, and Knossos on a map.
- Discuss the differences in style, convention, and medium between Egyptian and Aegean wall painting. Give examples from Knossos and Thera.
- Compare the Minoan with the Mycenaean civilizations, using the archeological evidence available.
- Describe Mycenaean burial practices, and give examples based on evidence of the objects found in the tombs.
- Compare Minoan and Mycenaean pictorial and sculptural styles.
- Describe the Minoan vases illustrated in this chapter and discuss how they reflect aspects of their culture.