| Term | Definition |
|---|
| agora | marketplace |
| stoas | colonnades |
| palaestras | gymnasiums |
| meander | key pattern around the rim of a krater |
| centaur | mythological beast that was part man, part horse |
| amphora | two-handled storage jar |
| siren | mythological beast that was part woman, part bird |
| black figure painting | black images on a light clay background |
| kore | statue of a goddess or maiden |
| kouros | youth or man statue |
| peplos | simple, long woolen belted garment |
| acropolis | high city |
| ridgepole | timber beam running the length of the building below the peak of the gabled roof |
| entasis | swelling |
| gorgon | female monster |
| gigantomachy | battle of gods |
| chiton | a light linen Ionian garment |
| centauromachy | centaur battle |
| tesara | four |
| tria | three |
| foreshortened | drawn in a three-quarter view |
| kylix | drinking cup |
| contraposto | counter balance |
| chiastic | cross balance |
| strategos | general |
| minaret | tower used to call Muslims to prayer |
| pinakotheke | picture gallery |
| lekythos | flask containing perfumed oil |
| white ground technique | chalky-white slip used to provide a background for painted figures |
| hubris | arrogance |
| hydria | water picher |
| apoxyomenos | an athele scraping oil from body after exercising |
| emblema | central framed panel |
| skiagraphia | shadow painting |
| androm | dining room |
| tubicen | trumpeter |
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