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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and TirynsSchliemann, Heinrich

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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns

Name: Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns
Author: Schliemann, Heinrich

Schliemann, Heinrich

Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)

---- _and his companions_, tombs of, 334-337;
      their ignominious burial, 345-347.
      (_Comp._ SEPULCHRES.)

    _Agora of Mycenæ_, 39, 338-341;
      slabs forming its enclosure and bench, 124, 125;
      circular form of the Greek Agora, 125, 126;
      Royal Tombs in the Agora at Megara and Cyrene, 126-7;
      Homer's description of the heroic Agora, 338;
      of that of Troy, 339;
      and of the Phæacians, 339;
      age of the Agora at Mycenæ, later than the Five Sepulchres
        within it, 340;
      no building within its sacred enclosure, 341.

    _Alabaster_:
      button of, 144;
      hand, 209;
      model of a scarf, 242;
      three-handled vase of, 246;
      sword-knobs of, 219, 281, 282;
      fragments of vases, 257, 308;
      goblet of, 317.

    _Amber_, beads of, 203, 245.

    ----, found in Italy and Sicily, 204;
      mention of, by Homer, _ibid._

    _Amethyst_, lentoid gem of, 202.

    ᾽Αμφικύπελλον (see Δέπας).

    _Analysis_ of Mycenean metals, 367-376;
      argentiferous gold foil, 368;
      sheet gold, 369;
      silver vase, 370;
      bronze sword and vase-handle, 372, 375;
      copper kettle, 375.

    _Archers_, niches in walls of Tiryns for, 5.

    _Argion_: first name of the mount of the Citadel at Mycenæ, 36.

    _Argolis_, map of, 1.

    _Argos_: road from, to Mycenæ, 24;
      plain of, described, 25 f.;
      Achæan states of Argos and Mycenæ, 28;
      Homer's use of the name, 37.

    _Arm-bone_, with gold ribbon, 302.

    _Arrow-heads_;
      of bronze, only in the upper strata, 76, 123;
      of obsidian, 4th Sepulchre, 272.

    _Ashes_, of burnt animal matter, 88;
      at the foot of tombstones, 92, 93.

    _Asterion_, the plant, 25.

    _Atreus_, son of Pelops, 53;
      legend of Atreus and Thyestes, 53;
      killed by Ægisthus, 54. (_Comp._ TREASURY.)

    _Axes_, of diorite, 40, 132;
      double, as a symbol, 219, 252-254, 357.


    B.

    _Battle-axes_ of gold plate, 252.

    _Battle scene_ on a ring, 224, 225.

    _Beads_;
      of glass, 111, 120;
      of fluor-spar, 120;
      of agate, 201, 202;
      of amber, 308;
      of gold, 361.

    _Belt_ of gold, apparently for a child, 248.

    _Boars' teeth_, 272;
      used on helmets and horse-trappings, in Homer, 272, 273.

    _Bodies_ found, all partially burnt where they lay;
      _three_ in the 2nd Sepulchre, 155;
      _three_, probably of women, in the 3rd Sepulchre, 164;
      _five_ in the 4th Sepulchre, 228;
      _one_ in the 5th Sepulchre, 291;
      _three_ in the 1st Sepulchre, 294, 295;
      one of them wonderfully preserved, 296, 297;
        its removal, 298;
      in all 15 bodies in the five sepulchres, 337;
      other skeletons of bodies not burnt, 162.

    _Bone_, objects of, 153, 255.

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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and TirynsSchliemann, Heinrich

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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns

Schliemann, Heinrich

Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)

---- _and his companions_, tombs of, 334-337;
      their ignominious burial, 345-347.
      (_Comp._ SEPULCHRES.)

    _Agora of Mycenæ_, 39, 338-341;
      slabs forming its enclosure and bench, 124, 125;
      circular form of the Greek Agora, 125, 126;
      Royal Tombs in the Agora at Megara and Cyrene, 126-7;
      Homer's description of the heroic Agora, 338;
      of that of Troy, 339;
      and of the Phæacians, 339;
      age of the Agora at Mycenæ, later than the Five Sepulchres
        within it, 340;
      no building within its sacred enclosure, 341.

    _Alabaster_:
      button of, 144;
      hand, 209;
      model of a scarf, 242;
      three-handled vase of, 246;
      sword-knobs of, 219, 281, 282;
      fragments of vases, 257, 308;
      goblet of, 317.

    _Amber_, beads of, 203, 245.

    ----, found in Italy and Sicily, 204;
      mention of, by Homer, _ibid._

    _Amethyst_, lentoid gem of, 202.

    ᾽Αμφικύπελλον (see Δέπας).

    _Analysis_ of Mycenean metals, 367-376;
      argentiferous gold foil, 368;
      sheet gold, 369;
      silver vase, 370;
      bronze sword and vase-handle, 372, 375;
      copper kettle, 375.

    _Archers_, niches in walls of Tiryns for, 5.

    _Argion_: first name of the mount of the Citadel at Mycenæ, 36.

    _Argolis_, map of, 1.

    _Argos_: road from, to Mycenæ, 24;
      plain of, described, 25 f.;
      Achæan states of Argos and Mycenæ, 28;
      Homer's use of the name, 37.

    _Arm-bone_, with gold ribbon, 302.

    _Arrow-heads_;
      of bronze, only in the upper strata, 76, 123;
      of obsidian, 4th Sepulchre, 272.

    _Ashes_, of burnt animal matter, 88;
      at the foot of tombstones, 92, 93.

    _Asterion_, the plant, 25.

    _Atreus_, son of Pelops, 53;
      legend of Atreus and Thyestes, 53;
      killed by Ægisthus, 54. (_Comp._ TREASURY.)

    _Axes_, of diorite, 40, 132;
      double, as a symbol, 219, 252-254, 357.


    B.

    _Battle-axes_ of gold plate, 252.

    _Battle scene_ on a ring, 224, 225.

    _Beads_;
      of glass, 111, 120;
      of fluor-spar, 120;
      of agate, 201, 202;
      of amber, 308;
      of gold, 361.

    _Belt_ of gold, apparently for a child, 248.

    _Boars' teeth_, 272;
      used on helmets and horse-trappings, in Homer, 272, 273.

    _Bodies_ found, all partially burnt where they lay;
      _three_ in the 2nd Sepulchre, 155;
      _three_, probably of women, in the 3rd Sepulchre, 164;
      _five_ in the 4th Sepulchre, 228;
      _one_ in the 5th Sepulchre, 291;
      _three_ in the 1st Sepulchre, 294, 295;
      one of them wonderfully preserved, 296, 297;
        its removal, 298;
      in all 15 bodies in the five sepulchres, 337;
      other skeletons of bodies not burnt, 162.

    _Bone_, objects of, 153, 255.

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