Narrative of a journey through Greece in 1830 : with remarks upon the actual state of the naval and military power of the Ottoman empire . emainder hasfallen, and the interior is so completely filledup by the soil washed from the mountains, thatit is impossible to say whether we see the baseof the tower or not. It must have been intend-ed for the defence of the road from Argos toMan tinea. The ruins of the ancient city of Mycenae,the capital of Agamemnon, are only five milesto the northward of Argos, on the verge of theplain, where it is terminated by a steep rangeof hills. On our way thither
Narrative of a journey through Greece in 1830 : with remarks upon the actual state of the naval and military power of the Ottoman empire . emainder hasfallen, and the interior is so completely filledup by the soil washed from the mountains, thatit is impossible to say whether we see the baseof the tower or not. It must have been intend-ed for the defence of the road from Argos toMan tinea. The ruins of the ancient city of Mycenae,the capital of Agamemnon, are only five milesto the northward of Argos, on the verge of theplain, where it is terminated by a steep rangeof hills. On our way thither we crossed theInachus and Charadrus, and, to our right, leftthe remains of the Haeroiim,- or Temple ofJuno, which, after being fruitlessly sought forby Gell, Leake, and Dodwell, have since beendiscovered, and two columns are still is a most interesting sight: its situa-tion is romantic; the bed of a mountain torrentdefends one side, on the other is a deep valley,and the steep hill girt round with the massivewalls of the citadel commands the entrance ofa desolate defile. We first examined the prin- KUINS OF MYCEN/K. 135. ^&cifner^ Gate of Lions, My cense. cipal gate, known as the Gate of Lions:it is formed of one enormous stone fifteenfeet long, supported by two others, of almostequal size, but partly covered by the rubbishthat has fallen. Above this rises a triangularblock sculptured with two figures of leopards,or lions, resting upon a pillar which it is sup-posed was terminated by a triangle emble-matical of fire. On either side are the walls, 13G RUINS OF MYCKNT. formed of huge stones placed one upon theother, without cement; their magnitude issurprising ; and the ancients, on learning thatthey were constructed by people called Cyclops,were justified in believing that the architectsmust have been of greater size than the gene-rality of mortals, for in later ages the construc-tion of such works as these would have beenregarded as an endless labour. History in-fo
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