This presentation gives an overview of pre-Classical civilizations in the Aegean (Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean).

1. Ancient Aegean Civilizations
c. 3200-1100 BCE

3. Cycladic Civilization
c. 3200-1500 BCE

5. Harp Player, 2800-2700 BCE

6. Female Figure, 2600-2400 BCE

7. Vase, 2300-1900 BCE

8. Minoan Civilization
c. 2800-1400 BCE

10. Myth

11. The Rape of Europa, c. 330-320 BCE

12. The Rape of Europa
Valentin Serov, 1910

13. Minos, Rhadamanthys, Aiakos, 4th c. BCE

14. The History of the Minotaur
Cassone Paintings, 16th c.

15. Icarus Presents the Artificial Cow to
Pasiphaë, Pompeii Mural, 1st c. CE

16. Pasiphaë and the Minotaur, 340-320 BCE

17. Torso of the Minotaur, 5th c. BCE

18. The Minotaur
George Frederic Watts, 1885

19. Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth
Edward Burne-Jones, 1861

20. Theseus Slaying the Minotaur, c. 460 BCE

21. Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus, c. 400-190 BCE

22. The Fall of Icarus
Peter Paul Rubens, 1636

23. Fact

24. Religion

25. Bull Veneration

26. Seal: Bulls Reclining, 17th c. BCE

27. Seal, 16th c. BCE

28. Bull’s Head Rhyton, 15th c. BCE

29. Bull’s Head Rhyton, c. 1450 BCE

30. Sacrifical Labrys

31. Snake Goddesses

32. Younger Snake Goddess, c. 1700-1500

33. Elder Snake Goddess, c. 1700-1500

34. Bull-Leaping

35. Bull Leaping

36. Minoan Bull Leaper, c. 2100 BCE

37. Seal, c. 1700 BCE

38. Bull Leaper, 1550-1450 BCE

39. Bull Leaping Fresco from the Palace of Minos
1550-1450 BCE

43. Written Languages

44. Linear A

45. Linear B

46. The Palace of Minos at Knossos
c. 1700-1400 BCE

52. Pithoi

54. Frescoes at the Palace of Minos

55. Throne Room

59. Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini)
Before 1630 BCE

63. Spring (Landscape)

65. Town and Ships

66. Boxing Youths

67. Fisherman

68. Saffron Gatherer

69. Woman with Papyrus

70. Blue Monkeys

71. Antelopes

72. Gold Ibex

73. Mycenaean Civilization
c. 2000-1100 BCE

75. Myth

76. Trojan War Scene, 590-170 BCE

77. Chryseis Brought to Agamemnon, 360-350 BCE

78. Fact

79. “Cyclopean Walls”

80. Female Figures, 14th c. BCE

81. Chariot Krater, 13th c. BCE

82. Palace at Mycenae
c. 1700-1300 BCE

83. The Lion Gate
c. 1300-1200 BCE

86. The Lion Gate at Mycenae
Edward Dowell, 1821

87. The Lion Gate at Mycenae
Théodore du Moncel, 1845

88. The Treasury of Atreus
c. 1300-1200 BCE

92. Royal Grave Circle A
c. 1600-1500

94. Funeral Mask of Agamemnon
c. 1550-1500 BCE

95. The Warrior House
(Outside the Palace Complex)

97. Warrior Vase, c. 1200 BCE