hunting

• why was it used?

  • most of greece was unsuitable for farming
  • essential if you wanted to eat
• what is the evidence for hunting?

  • frescoes
  • daggers
  • carvings on rings
• where was the dagger depicting a lion hunt found?

  grave circle A
• what do the 2 Vapheio cups show?


  the capture of bulls
• what does a signet ring from grave circle A show?

  • a minature scene of a hunter and driver on a chariot
  • armed with bow
  • chasing deer
• what does the fresco at Tiryns show?

  the use of dogs in hunting