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