Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Library, Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) +-------------------------------------------+ | Note: | | | | = around word indicates bold =CAPSULE.= | | _ around word indicated italics _Erebus_ | +-------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: PLATE V. THE TREASURY CLOSE TO THE LIONS' GATE. Excavated by Mrs. SCHLIEMANN. _Frontispiece._] MYCENÆ A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES AT MYCENÆ AND TIRYNS. BY DR. HENRY SCHLIEMANN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: AUTHOR OF 'TROY AND ITS REMAINS,' 'ITHAQUE, LE PÉLOPONNÈSE ET TROIE,' AND 'LA CHINE ET LE JAPON.' THE PREFACE BY THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. MAPS, PLANS, AND MORE THAN 700 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. _A NEW EDITION, WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONS AND NEW PLATES._ NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1880. (_All Rights Reserved._) Copyright, 1877, SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO. Copyright, 1880, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE & CO., Nos, 10 TO 20 ASTOR PLACE, NEW YORK. Dedicated TO HIS MAJESTY DOM PEDRO II., EMPEROR OF BRAZIL, WITH THE PROFOUND RESPECT OF THE AUTHOR. ᾽Επὶ δ᾽ ἐγδούπησαν ᾽Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ ῞Ἥρη Τιμῶσαι βασιλῆα πολυχρύσοιο Μυκήνης. HOM. _Il._ XI. 45, 46. Πρὸς ἡμῶν κάππεσεν, κάτθανε, ἡμεῖς καὶ καταθάψομεν, οὐχ ὑπὸ κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων. ÆSCH. _Agam._ 1552-1554. ῏Ω τοῦ στρατηγήσαντος ἐν Τροίᾳ ποτὲ Ἀγαμέμνονος παῖ, νῦν ἐκεῖν᾽ ἔξεστί σοι παρόντι λεύσσειν, ὧν πρόθυμος ἦσθ᾽ ἀεί. Τὸ γὰρ παλαιὸν ῎Αργος ὁὺπόθεις τόδε, τῆς οἰστροπλῆγος ἄλσος ᾽Ινάχου κόρης· αὕτη δ᾽, Ὀρέστα, τοῦ λυκοκτόνου θεοῦ ᾽Αγορὰ Λύκειος· οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς δ᾽ ὅδε ῞Ηρας ὁ κλεινὸς ναός· οἷ δ᾽ ἱκάνομεν, ϕάσκειν Μυκήνας τὰς πολυχρύσους ὁρᾶν· πολύϕθορόν τε δῶμα Πελοπιδῶν τόδε, SOPHOCLES, _Electra_, 1-10. PREFACE.