"So shone up to the sky the glance of the beautiful artistic shield of Achilles. Lifting then up the powerful helmet, he put it on his head, and the plumed helmet glanced like a star, and the hairs of gold waved, which Hephæstus had thickly set round the cone (λόφον)." See the description of these parts of the Homeric helmets in 'Troy and its Remains,' pp. 279-281, and 334. [263] For example, _Il._ I. 450:-- τοῖσιν δὲ Χρύσης μεγάλ᾽ εὔχετο χεῖρας ἀνασχών. "Loud prayed for them Chryses lifting up his hands." [264] See Vignette to Chapter VI. [265] _Il._ X. 257-259. ... ἀμϕὶ δέ οἱ κυνέην κεϕαλῇφιν ἔθηκεν ταυρείην, ἄϕαλόν τε καὶ ἄλλοϕον, ἥτε καταῖτυξ κέκληται, ῥύεται δὲ κάρη θαλερῶν αἰζηῶν. "On his brows he placed A helmet, wrought of bull's hide, without crest Or cone, and commonly cataityx called, Such as defends the head of blooming youths."--I. CH. WRIGHT. [Illustration: No. 214. Other Fragments of the Vase (No. 213). (5 M.) Size 1:6.] CHAPTER VI. THE SECOND GREAT TREASURY; ACROPOLIS; AND CYCLOPEAN REMAINS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MYCENÆ. Further excavations of Mrs. Schliemann's Treasury--The _dromos_, doorway, and threshold--Objects found there--Hera-idols--Cyclopean water-conduits and cisterns in the Acropolis--Bronze rings--Pottery with marks like letters--Earrings like those found at Troy--Hand-made painted pottery--New forms of Hera-idols--Terra-cotta tripods and cradles, probably votive offerings--A comb, stilettos of opal, beads and buttons--A bronze sword--Iron tongs of late date--State of the _débris_ left at the Lions' Gate--The excavations visited by the Emperor of Brazil--Ascent of Mount Eubœa--The Cyclopean enclosure on its summit; was probably a very ancient sanctuary--Other Cyclopean remains near Mycenæ--State of the excavations. Mycenæ, October 30, 1876. * * * * * Since the 30th of September I have continued the excavations with the utmost vigour, employing constantly 125 labourers and 5 horse-carts. In the Treasury the difficulties were far greater than I had anticipated, particularly as the delegate of the Greek Government opposed the removal of the foundations of the Hellenic house just above the lower part of the "dromos," which I have mentioned before. Thus we have been unable to clear the latter of the _débris_, 9 ft. deep, which still covers its pavement, and have only succeeded in clearing out the entrance passage, which is 13 ft. long and 8 ft. broad, and the central part of the Treasury; but we have left a border of huge stones and rubbish, 7 ft. to 9 ft. high, and 10 ft. to 15 ft. broad.