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Dr. Schliemann's Account of a Tomb at Spata, in Attica " xli
The Fall of Mycenae, as described by Diodorus Siculus " xlviii
Table of French and English Measures " lviii
EXCAVATIONS AT TIRYNS.
NOTE A.--"HERA BO?PIS" 19
TOPOGRAPHY OF MYCENAE.
GATE OF THE LIONS AND TREASURY OF ATREUS.
HISTORY OF MYCENAE AND THE FAMILY OF PELOPS.
THE SEPULCHRES OF AGAMEMNON AND HIS COMPANIONS.
Traditional foundation of Mycenae by Perseus--His dynasty succeeded by the Pelopids--The legend of their crimes unknown to Homer and Hesiod--The Homeric story of Agamemnon's murder by AEgisthus and Clytemnestra, avenged by Orestes--Cycle of crimes devised by the later bards--Dominion of Agamemnon--End of the Dynasty at Mycenae with AEgisthus--Orestes and his sons--The Dorian invasion--Part taken by Mycenae in the Persian wars--The Argives besiege and take Mycenae--The walls of the citadel preserved from religious reverence--Homeric epithets of Mycenae--Its "abundance of gold" confirmed by Thucydides--The Treasuries of the Pelopids mentioned by Pausanias--Treasury at the Heraeum, near Mycenae--Probable existence of another Treasury at Mycenae.
THE LIONS' GATE AND THE AGORA.
The Treasury excavated by Mrs. Schliemann--Older and less sumptuous than that of Atreus--The entrance, its ornaments--Archaic pottery found in the passage--Necklace beads--Fragment of a marble frieze--Threshold of the Lions' Gate--The great double row of parallel slabs, probably not of a remote antiquity--The Acropolis only partly accessible to chariots--The gateway double, like the Scaean Gate at Troy--Corridors of Cyclopean house-walls--Hera-idols and arrow-heads of bronze and iron--Door-keeper's lodge--Retaining walls--Tower of the Acropolis resting on a massive wall--The double circle of slabs formed the enclosure of the royal tombs and the Agora--Arguments in proof of this view--Objects of interest found there--A vast Cyclopean house with cisterns and water conduit, probably the ancient Royal Palace--The spring Perseia--No windows in the house--Objects of art and luxury found there--An onyx seal-ring--Vase-paintings of mail-clad warriors--Hand-made pottery in the Acropolis 118
NOTE 138
THE SECOND GREAT TREASURY; ACROPOLIS; AND CYCLOPEAN REMAINS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MYCENAE.
NOTE 149
THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TOMBS IN THE ACROPOLIS.
THE FOURTH TOMB IN THE ACROPOLIS OF MYCENAE.
NOTE ON THE ROYAL PALACE 288
THE FIFTH SEPULCHRE, AND THE FIRST AGAIN.
CONNECTION OF THE FIVE TOMBS WITH THE ROYAL HOUSE OF PELOPS; AND DATE OF THE AGORA.
TREASURE OF THE TOMB SOUTH OF THE AGORA.
Telegrams to and from the King of Greece--Conclusion 380
ANALYSIS OF MYCENEAN METALS 387
INDEX 397
NOTE TO PAGE 145.
With reference to the visit paid to the excavation at Mycenae by the Emperor of Brazil, I feel bound to mention the renewed mark of his Majesty's interest in the discoveries, when he did me the signal honour of visiting my lodgings in London on June 22, 1877. His Majesty spent two hours in examining with great attention my large Album of Mycenean photographs, and repeatedly congratulated me on the results of my excavations.
H. S.
VIGNETTE.--No. 1. Map of Argolis 1
No. 2. Terra-cotta Cow, Tiryns 10
Nos. 3-7. Terra-cotta Cows, " 11
Nos. 8-11. Terra-cotta Idols, " 12
No. 12. Bronze Figure, " 14
Nos. 13, 14. Terra-cotta Vessels, " 17
No. 15. Stone Whorl, found at Mycenae 18
VIGNETTE.--No. 16. Ruins of the Cyclopean Bridge at Mycenae 23
No. 17. Walls of the First Period 29
No. 18. Walls of the Second Period 30
No. 19. Walls of the Third Period 30
No. 20. Entrance to the ogive-like Gallery in the Walls of the Citadel of Mycenae 32
No. 21. Gate of the Lions 32
No. 22. Plan of the Gate of the Lions 34
No. 23. Elevation and Plan of the Postern Gate 35
No. 23a. Terra-cotta Vase 51
VIGNETTE.--No. 24. First of the Tombstones found above the Sepulchres in the Acropolis 52
No. 25. Terra-cotta Vase 64
No. 26. Terra-cotta Jug 65
No. 27. Vase of Yellow Ware, with black and yellow lines 66
No. 28. Vase of Black and Yellow Ware 67
No. 29. Terra-cotta vase. The bands yellow and reddish, the lines black 67
No. 80. Painted Vase 68
No. 81. Human Head on the Mouth of a Jug 69
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