Mycenae

Art of the Mainland
Mycenae and Tiryns
10 miles apart

Heinrich Schliemann c1860

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Homer lived 8th or 9th BCE


Mycenae Aerial View



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Lion Gate
ashlar masonry
apotropaic
mezuzah


 


 


Grave Circle A c1300BCE


Mycenae, Agamemnon's Mask c1500
from the shaft graves inside grave circle A
repousse



 
 
 
 

Mycenae, Agamemnon's Mask c1500
from the shaft graves inside grave circle A
c2300 BCE

Mycenae, Treasury of the Atreus, c1300
tholos