Sculpture
Bare-breasted Minoan female figurine possibly used to ward off evil and protect the harvest
What is the Minoan Snake Goddess?
Vase painter who depicted the tragic love story of Achilles and the Amazon Penthesilia
Who is Exekias?
Blind author of epic poems used as basis for many Greek myths
Who is Homer?
Snake-headed female figure punished for her beauty
Who is Medusa?
Greek word for youthful male statue type popular in the Archaic Period
What is a Kouros?
Vase painting technique first used by Corinthian artists and popularized by Athenians
What is black-figure?
Semi-divine hero and son of Zeus known for his super-human strength
Who is Herakles?
Oedipus correctly answered this creature’s riddle
What is a sphinx?
Early Hellenic clay female figurine with raised hands and a bell-shaped skirt found in the ruins of a mountain settlement on Crete
What is the Karphi Figurine?
Liquid clay used to create black coloring on vases during firing process
What is a slip?
Hera threw this deity from Mount Olympos. He later returned on a donkey
Who is Hephaistos?
Don’t ever invite one of these guys to your wedding
What is a centaur?
Marble statue of a young maiden found on the Athenian Acropolis named for her type of dress
What is the Peplos Kore?
Earliest known depiction of this scene from the Trojan War was found on a late 8th century BCE krater
What is Paris taking Helen to Troy?
Prince of Athens who seduced King Minos' daughter, Ariadne, to defeat the Minotaur
Who is Theseus?
Half-goat, half-human creature that sings and plays the flute while chasing young women in the woods
What is a satyr?
A way to give life to inanimate marble statues that ends with the rise of the Classical Period
What is the Archaic Smile?
This red-figure vase painter bragged he was better than Euphronios
Who is Euthymides?
Battle between Greeks and female warriors
What is an amazonomachy?
Former ruling deities overthrown by their children
Who are the Titans?