. The Burton Holmes lectures;. this unknown king, this king whom it so pleases usto christen Agamemnon. Here also are the jars and vases,containing food and drink and offerings for the dead. Andall these things are placed here just as they lay in theMycenae tombs when these were opened. And now to see the place where all these things werefound. Schliemann was not without a most emphatic indi-cation that the abandoned Acropolis of Mycenae well ^^■» ^ E TAYGETLS FROM THE SPARTAN HIGHWAY deserved investigation. Long before he began his opera-tions there, the now famous gate of the lions had
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. this unknown king, this king whom it so pleases usto christen Agamemnon. Here also are the jars and vases,containing food and drink and offerings for the dead. Andall these things are placed here just as they lay in theMycenae tombs when these were opened. And now to see the place where all these things werefound. Schliemann was not without a most emphatic indi-cation that the abandoned Acropolis of Mycenae well ^^■» ^ E TAYGETLS FROM THE SPARTAN HIGHWAY deserved investigation. Long before he began his opera-tions there, the now famous gate of the lions had been dis-covered. In fact, it had never been completely buried ; andwho, looking upon so impressive a ruin, would not at oncedivine that this was not all—that something of even vasterimport must lie concealed within the precinct guarded bythose headless, prehistoric lions, which in design and posespeak of an unknown art. Schliemann was seeking theunknown. Here was a hint which, emphasized by the allu- 154 GRECIAN JOURNEYS. IN MODERN SPARTA sions of ancient writers, was too strong to be disregardedWith a force of several score of men, Schliemann and hiswife began to dig, hopeful of much, but scarcely daring tohope for so impossible a reward as that which awaited us pass through the gate and enter the agora, ormeeting-place, where in 1876 Dr. Schliemann brought tolight that curious double circle of upright slabs, upon whichhorizontal slabs were placed, forming a circular bench as forthe sittings of an assembly Then, digging deeper, he cameupon archaic tombstones with reliefs of huntmg scenes andwarriors in chariots. Deeper w^ere found pieces of pottery,arrow-heads, bone buttons, and then, deeper still, twenty-one feet below, some scattered skeletons. Then at last, GRECIAN JOURNEYS 155 hollowed in the rock itself, were five shallow tombs, con-taining fifteen bodies, buried with all that unheard-of lavish-ness and splendor, covered with ornaments, diadems, masks,breas
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