| A | B |
|---|
| Mycenae | fortified place where Agamemnon supposively lived |
| Pylos | fortified place, the socalled palace of nestor |
| Tyrins | Famous fortified place |
| Fortification | Any kind of protective wall |
| Citadel | A city, palace, or military place, surrounded by fortification, usually on a high hill |
| Megalithic | walls made of enormous stones |
| Cyclopean | one-eyed giant |
| Ashlar | a rectangular stone block |
| Courses | row of ashlar blocks |
| Corbel vault | the early way to make an arch and dome |
| Relieving triangle | the space left empty over a lintel of hidden by a thinner stone decoration so the lintel does not bear too much weight |
| Lintel | the top of a doorway |
| Lion Gate | the main entrance in mycenaean buildings |
| Megaron | the three room entrance in the main hall |
| Axial symmetry | same on both halves example: megaron has axial symmetry because if you split it in half, both sides would be identical |
| Tholos tombs | "Beehive" shaped tombs that ranged from 1500-1200 BCE |
| Treasury of Atreus | a tholos tomb thought by Heinrich Schleimann to be where Atreus kept his belongings when he died |
