. b. p. 377; Paus. vii. 25, 3.|The chief known remains of the ancient citywere- until recent years part of the especially the Lion Gate, and some bee-hive tombs, often called treasuries. The ex-I cavations carried out by Schliemann in continued in later years, were of the utmostimportance, not only for the history of Mycenaeand of the Peloponnesus in pre-Dorian times,but also for the study of Greek archaeology,and for the light which is thrown on theHomeric poems. The walls of the citadel ofMycenae enclose a
. b. p. 377; Paus. vii. 25, 3.|The chief known remains of the ancient citywere- until recent years part of the especially the Lion Gate, and some bee-hive tombs, often called treasuries. The ex-I cavations carried out by Schliemann in continued in later years, were of the utmostimportance, not only for the history of Mycenaeand of the Peloponnesus in pre-Dorian times,but also for the study of Greek archaeology,and for the light which is thrown on theHomeric poems. The walls of the citadel ofMycenae enclose a tringular space : the walls ofI the lower city start from the SW. side of thecitadel. The oldest part of the walls is ofi Cyclo|)eiiii masonry resembling that at Tirvus, It 2 530 MYCENAE MYLAE and this occurs in the lower city also, thoughless thick. In the gates and towers part of thework is of more carefully hewn blocks, and inone part of the wall the masonry is polygonal[see Diet, of Ant. art. Murus]. The Liongate, which formed the chief entrance, was on. Lion Gate of Mycenae. the east side, and was so contrived that, as atTlryns, the invader had to pass through anarrow exposed passage before he reached theactual gate. The (nowheadless) lions carved onthe triangular slab above the lintel form, with thecolumn between them, are a style of decorationexactly resembling sculptures which have beenfound in Phrygia. On the summit of the citadelfurther excavations by the Greek Archaeo-logical Society, in 1886, revealed the palace ofthe kings, of which the ground-plan was likethat of the palaces at Tiryns and Troy; andnear it, and partly overlapping, a Doric temple ofabout the sixth or seventh century Of the beehive tombs (like those at Menidi, Orcho-menus, Pharis, and Volo) seven altogetherhave been found in the lower city, the largestbeing the falsely named Treasury of consist of a long passage leading to avaulted chamber or tholos, with a smallersquare chamber adj
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