Archaic period: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Pre-Classical period

Photos

The Calf Bearer, marble statue, c. 570 bc; in the Acropolis Museum, Athens.

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Topics

ancient Greek civilization Western arts Western painting Western architecture Western sculpture Western theatre Western music Western dance Western literature

Key People

“Dionysus and the Maenads,” amphora by the Amasis Painter, c. 530 bc; in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris

Amasis Painter

Greek artist

Heraion of Perachora

Humfry Payne

British archaeologist