It is also my pleasant duty to thank publicly the celebrated printers, Messrs. William Clowes and Sons, of London, who printed this book, as well as the most excellent engravers, Messrs. J. W. Whymper and J. D. Cooper, who made all the engravings, for the superior skill and the unremitting zeal and scrupulous attention with which they have executed their part in the work. Lastly, I here express my warmest gratitude to the learned publisher of this work, my most esteemed friend, Mr. John Murray, as well as to my most excellent learned friend Mr. Philip Smith, for all the kind services they have rendered me and all the valuable assistance they have lent me in carrying out the present work. FOOTNOTES: [398] See Plan G. Tomb south of the Agora. [399] See p. 233.] [400] See Nos. 334, 335, p. 223. [401] See 'Troy and its Remains,' p. 36. [402] _Il._ XVIII. 483-489:-- "There he wrought earth, sea, and heaven, There he set th' unwearying sun, And the waxing moon, and stars that Crown the blue vault every one; Pleiads, Hyads, strong Orion, Arctos, hight to boot the Wain. He upon Orion waiting, Only he of all the train Shunning still the baths of ocean Wheels and wheels his round again." From Mr. Gladstone's translation of the "Shield of Achilles" in the _Contemporary Review_, Feb. 1874; vol. xxiii. p. 337, New Series. [403] See 'Troy and its Remains,' p. 36. [404] The spot where the jewels were found is marked by the letter (_a_), both on the plan and section (Plan G). [405] This mistake seems to have been noted by critics of an early date, for both Sophocles and Euripides mention and distinguish the two cities, though they seem to confuse the inhabitants. I was unable, when on the spot, to make out the picture suggested at the opening of Sophocles' _Electra_, which seems, as it were, drawn on the spot, but is more probably a fancy sketch. But Mycenæ is very prominent in it. Sophocles even wrote a play called Μυκηναται. [406] Of course they need not have come directly from Mycenæ, but may have been exiles, who came together under the name of their old city. [407] According to Sayce, who has carefully studied the fragments of Ephorus, these and certain other indications prove that Diodorus has almost copied his relation literally from that of Ephorus, and that he has only reproduced a large part of what Ephorus wrote. [408] Lord Derby's translation. [409] Except the body (No. 454, p. 297), and a few diagrams and new drawings of objects, besides the Plans. APPENDIX A. (See page 126.)