Cycladic

[ si-klad-ik, sahy- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Cyclades.
2. of or relating to the Bronze Age culture of the Cyclades, c3000–c1100 b.c.

Cycladic

/ sɪˈklædɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Cyclades or their inhabitants

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cycladic¹

First recorded in 1910–15; Cyclad(es) + -ic

Example Sentences

On the country’s Cycladic islands, local residents joined forces with the authorities to push back against a wave of construction.

From New York Times

The willowy single-stem and single-variety displays that the Connecticut-based ceramic artist Frances Palmer, 67, creates with the flowers she picks from her garden in warmer months — pairing them with her elegant pottery, often inspired by ancient Etruscan and Cycladic forms — are dramatically simple.

From New York Times

They were collected starting in the early 1980s by Leonard A. Stern, chief executive of Hartz Mountain Industries, who as a teenager was enthralled by the Cycladic art at the Met.

From New York Times

Cycladic sculpture begins the great tradition of Greek sculpture that is seen as culminating in the Classical sculpture of the Greek Golden Age, centered on Athens, nearly two millenniums later.

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The purposes of the Cycladic figures remain largely mysterious.

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