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Mycenae
[ mahy-see-nee ]
noun
- an ancient city in S Greece, in Argolis: important ruins.
Mycenae
/ maɪˈsiːniː /
noun
- an ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos
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The masonry of the city wall, shown on the vase in the Mycenaean grave, is not the ordinary masonry of Mycenae itself.
Even in Grave V. at Mycenae, we have a sword blade so massive at the top that it was certainly capable of a swashing blow.
Among the former the gold ornaments found by Heinrich Schliemann in the graves of Mycenae are pre-eminent.
The other group, which were found in smaller “treasures,” have spirals and rosettes similar to those of Mycenae.
In the Iliad Mycenae is represented as being the home of Agamemnon.
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