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| a 6" diameter clay circle with undeciphered pictographic script found in 1900 with pressed clay signs |
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| deciphered by Michael Ventris and J. Chadwick in 1952, used from 1400 to its decline in 1100 BC |
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| gate with wooden doors sheathed in bronze built in 1250 BC, contained a relieving triangle and two lionesses with paws on a post, portrayed power, protection and strength |
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| functioned as a tomb with post and lintel entrance, corbell vaulting stonework with stones carved perfectly together with no morter, lintel estimated at 120 tons with an open relieving triangle and a wooden door sheathed in bronze |
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| king of Mycenae and led the Achaeans in the Trojan War after Menelaus' wife was abducted |
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| excavated Mycenae and worked and Troy and Tiryns as well, German archaeologist |
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| 6 graves 5 royal, upright stones like modern graves around the circle, the pits lined with stones for bodies and all royal bodies were sheathed in gold |
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| beehive tombs much like the Treasury of Atreus |
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| main gate to the south flanked by a protective tower |
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| 9 in total Troy IIIa destroyed by a fire and Troy VIIa most likely Homers Troy |
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| king of Troy during Trojan War |
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| mistakenly thought to be Troy |
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| mount in western Turkey, site of excavation of Troy |
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| urban festival established during the tyranny of Pisistratus made to celebrate end of winter and good crops |
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| ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honour of Dionysus |
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| a singer of dithyrambs who supposedly introduced a new style where one singer or actor performed the wordsof individual characters in the story |
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| comedy began from the leaders of phallic songs |
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| building behind the stage |
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| a passage usually dividing the auditorium |
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| played a clown, greatest of playwrights |
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| born a slave in North Africa, made fun of fathers in his plays |
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| 7 stock characters of Plautus |
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| the braggart, the stupid character, the clown, the gorgeous young lover, the foolish old man, the resourceful, cunning swindler, the prostitute |
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| scaena joined with the audience in architecture |
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| coincidence, mistaken identity, violence, jokes, eavesdropping, surprise |
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| corridors under the seats that lead onto the orchestra |
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| based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure |
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| leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus |
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