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Cyclades

Cyclades

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An ancient Bronze Age culture that lived on islands in the southern Aegean Sea
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsaɪkləˌdiːz/
translation icon : civilización cicládica
  • Artifacts from the Cyclades show that trade was an important aspect of their society during the Bronze Age.

Examples

  • Archaeologists discovered remnants of the Cyclades civilization during their excavations on various islands.

  • The ancient civilization of the Cyclades is known for its distinctive marble statues and pottery.

  • Pictograms representing each Olympic sport are also inspired by ancient Greece, echoing the form of third-millennium B.C. marble figurines from the Cyclades, their black and orange colors clearly intended to recall sixth-century B.C.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

Cycladic civilization
vsCyclades
  • US
9.2

An early Bronze Age culture on the Cyclades islands from about 3000 to 1100 BC

is identical in meaning but uses the adjective plus noun form
Cycladic culture
vsCyclades
9.9

A Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands from about 3000 to 1100 BC

is identical in meaning but uses a noun suggesting practices and customs

Surface Forms

Cyclades main

Etymology

Cyclades for the Bronze Age culture comes from the same Greek kyklos, 'circle', and you can remember it from the English word cycle, which also means 'circle'. So the Cyclades civilization means the people and culture from those islands that form a circle in the Aegean Sea.