Aegean
Sea near Athens
Aegean refers to the Aegean Sea, the arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey, or to the region surrounding it.
The Aegean islands include Crete, Rhodes, and the Cyclades.
The term often evokes ancient Greek civilization: Aegean culture, Aegean bronze age artifacts.
As a color, Aegean blue suggests the sea's distinctive turquoise waters.
Circular Greek island group
- CreteLargest Greek island
- RhodesGreek Aegean island
- SantoriniVolcanic Greek island destination
- MykonosAegean resort island
Naxos · Lesbos · Hydra · islet · archipelago · hopping · caldera · whitewash
Blue-green opaque gemstone
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- straitConstricted marine passage
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
Bosphorus · waves · currents · tides · brine · coastline · cove · inlet
Ancient Greek epic composer
- IliadAncient Greek war epic
- OdysseyEpic of homecoming
- AthensGreece's capital city
- SpartaAncient Greek warrior state
Troy · Mycenae · Minoan · Hellenic · trireme · polis · agora · acropolis
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- potteryFired clay objects
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
amphora · palace · tomb · Evans · Minoan · Knossos · stratigraphy · restoration
Greek sea deity
- TheseusAthenian hero, beast-slayer
- MinotaurBull-man of Greek myth
- IcarusMythical overreacher who fell
- DaedalusLegendary craftsman and inventor
Ariadne · labyrinth · Atlantis · nymph · siren · Triton · Scylla · Charybdis
Cyclades
Circular Greek island group
Mykonos · Naxos · Lesbos · Hydra · islet · archipelago · hopping · caldera · whitewash · windmill
turquoise
Blue-green opaque gemstone
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- straitConstricted marine passage
Dardanelles · Bosphorus · waves · currents · tides · brine · coastline · cove · inlet · bay
Homer
Ancient Greek epic composer
Sparta · Troy · Mycenae · Minoan · Hellenic · trireme · polis · agora · acropolis · democracy
excavation
Act of unearthing
frescoes · amphora · palace · tomb · Evans · Minoan · Knossos · stratigraphy · restoration · museum
Poseidon
Greek sea deity
Daedalus · Ariadne · labyrinth · Atlantis · nymph · siren · Triton · Scylla · Charybdis · Nereid
seafood
Marine creatures as cuisine
taverna · meze · feta · olives · tomatoes · capers · oregano · octopus · sardines · anchovies
yacht
Large pleasure vessel
- catamaranDouble-hulled sailing craft
- regattaOrganized boat racing event
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
charter · navigation · anchorage · mooring · skipper · crew · flotilla · passage · knot · helm
- Athenian Empirehegemony, naval power, trireme, triremes, Pericles
- destinationsParis, Hawaii, Rome, Maldives, Santorini
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Greek, Hellenic
- Greek cultureGreece, Greek mythology, Greek history, Greek cuisine, Greek gods
- cat breedsAbyssinian, Bengal, Thai, Persian, Burmese
AegeanMesopotamian
Of the two-rivers land
Egyptian · Levantine · Anatolian · Phoenician · Iberian
AegeanArctic Ocean
Earth's northernmost body of water
Southern Ocean · North Sea · Bering Sea · Pacific Ocean · Atlantic Ocean
- Aegean SeaEastern Mediterranean basin