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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)

_Bones:_ of animals, 88, 362;
      human, in all the five Sepulchres, 284;
      thigh-bone, with greave-ornament, in the 4th Sepulchre, 230;
      jawbone, 285;
      small bone, with gold ribbon, 302.

    _Bonitza_: modern name of the Inachus, 24.

    _Boöpis:_ title of Hera, its significance, 12, 19 f.

    _Borax_, used for soldering gold, 231.

    _Boxes_;
      of gold, 204, 205;
      of copper plate, filled with wood, 207, 208;
      of wood, carved, 332.

    _Bracelets_ of gold, 196, 223, 227.

    _Breast-plates_ of gold, found on bodies in the 4th Sepulchre, 228;
      in the 1st Sepulchre, 300, 301.

    _Bronze_:
      male figure of, at Tiryns, 14;
      objects of, 111, 112;
      weapons of, 279-283, 299, 303, 306;
      of Mycenæ and Troy compared, 369.
      (_See_ ANALYSIS.)

    _Brooch_ of gold, 193.

    _Buildings_, Cyclopean, at Mycenæ, 40.

    _Burial with treasures_, 344-349.

    _Butterflies_ of gold, 165, 176;
      perhaps a symbol of immortality, 166.

    _Buttons_;
      of gold, 152;
      of wood, plated with gold, 4th Sepulchre, 258-262;
      of gold, 1st Sepulchre, 305, 321-327;
      of bone, 1st Sepulchre, 329.


    C.

    _Caldrons_ of copper, 215.

    _Cans_ of copper, 274.

    _Cassandra_, tomb of, and her twin-sons, Teledamus and Pelops, 59.

    _Cephisus_, the river, 25.

    _Chariots_, sculptured, on tombstones, 80-85;
      true form of the Homeric, 84.

    _Charvati_, village of, with the ancient quarry of Mycenæ, 117.

    _Children_:
      objects found in the 3rd and 4th Sepulchres, indicating the burial
        of two or three, 198, 247, 248, 337;
      in accordance with the tradition, 59.

    _Cicadæ_ (crickets or tree-hoppers) of gold, 176;
      their significance, _ibid._

    _Cisterns_ at Mycenæ, 141.

    _Clay_, baked and glazed, ornaments of, 110, 111.

    ----, white, the bodies in the Royal Sepulchres covered with a layer
       of, 214, 295, 337.

    _Clytemnestra_, seduced by Ægisthus, murders Agamemnon, 54;
      is killed by Orestes, 55;
      buried with Ægisthus outside the wall of Mycenæ, 60.

    _Cobalt glass_, tubes of, like the Egyptian, 157.

    _Coins_, copper, of Macedonian age, found at Tiryns, 15;
      of Argos, found at Mycenæ, 63, 64;
      none of Roman or Byzantine times, 64;
      none of Mycenæ itself, _ibid._

    _Column of porphyry_, 96, 97.

    _Comb_;
      of clay, 78;
      of gold, 203.

    _Copper_:
      a fork and another object of, 255;
      vessels of, 273-274, 331;
      their use as ornaments of houses, 284;
      medium for plating gold on silver, 158.
      (_Comp._ ANALYSIS.)

    _Cork_, pieces of, 332.

    _Cow-heads_:
      of terra-cotta, on handles of vases, 104, 105;
      the great one of silver, with golden horns, 215;
      of gold plate, with double axes, 218.

    _Cows_, of terra-cotta, found at Tiryns, 10;
      idols, in the form of, at Mycenæ, 73, 74.
      (_Comp._ HERA BOÖPIS.)

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

History

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

Schliemann, Heinrich

Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)

_Bones:_ of animals, 88, 362;
      human, in all the five Sepulchres, 284;
      thigh-bone, with greave-ornament, in the 4th Sepulchre, 230;
      jawbone, 285;
      small bone, with gold ribbon, 302.

    _Bonitza_: modern name of the Inachus, 24.

    _Boöpis:_ title of Hera, its significance, 12, 19 f.

    _Borax_, used for soldering gold, 231.

    _Boxes_;
      of gold, 204, 205;
      of copper plate, filled with wood, 207, 208;
      of wood, carved, 332.

    _Bracelets_ of gold, 196, 223, 227.

    _Breast-plates_ of gold, found on bodies in the 4th Sepulchre, 228;
      in the 1st Sepulchre, 300, 301.

    _Bronze_:
      male figure of, at Tiryns, 14;
      objects of, 111, 112;
      weapons of, 279-283, 299, 303, 306;
      of Mycenæ and Troy compared, 369.
      (_See_ ANALYSIS.)

    _Brooch_ of gold, 193.

    _Buildings_, Cyclopean, at Mycenæ, 40.

    _Burial with treasures_, 344-349.

    _Butterflies_ of gold, 165, 176;
      perhaps a symbol of immortality, 166.

    _Buttons_;
      of gold, 152;
      of wood, plated with gold, 4th Sepulchre, 258-262;
      of gold, 1st Sepulchre, 305, 321-327;
      of bone, 1st Sepulchre, 329.


    C.

    _Caldrons_ of copper, 215.

    _Cans_ of copper, 274.

    _Cassandra_, tomb of, and her twin-sons, Teledamus and Pelops, 59.

    _Cephisus_, the river, 25.

    _Chariots_, sculptured, on tombstones, 80-85;
      true form of the Homeric, 84.

    _Charvati_, village of, with the ancient quarry of Mycenæ, 117.

    _Children_:
      objects found in the 3rd and 4th Sepulchres, indicating the burial
        of two or three, 198, 247, 248, 337;
      in accordance with the tradition, 59.

    _Cicadæ_ (crickets or tree-hoppers) of gold, 176;
      their significance, _ibid._

    _Cisterns_ at Mycenæ, 141.

    _Clay_, baked and glazed, ornaments of, 110, 111.

    ----, white, the bodies in the Royal Sepulchres covered with a layer
       of, 214, 295, 337.

    _Clytemnestra_, seduced by Ægisthus, murders Agamemnon, 54;
      is killed by Orestes, 55;
      buried with Ægisthus outside the wall of Mycenæ, 60.

    _Cobalt glass_, tubes of, like the Egyptian, 157.

    _Coins_, copper, of Macedonian age, found at Tiryns, 15;
      of Argos, found at Mycenæ, 63, 64;
      none of Roman or Byzantine times, 64;
      none of Mycenæ itself, _ibid._

    _Column of porphyry_, 96, 97.

    _Comb_;
      of clay, 78;
      of gold, 203.

    _Copper_:
      a fork and another object of, 255;
      vessels of, 273-274, 331;
      their use as ornaments of houses, 284;
      medium for plating gold on silver, 158.
      (_Comp._ ANALYSIS.)

    _Cork_, pieces of, 332.

    _Cow-heads_:
      of terra-cotta, on handles of vases, 104, 105;
      the great one of silver, with golden horns, 215;
      of gold plate, with double axes, 218.

    _Cows_, of terra-cotta, found at Tiryns, 10;
      idols, in the form of, at Mycenæ, 73, 74.
      (_Comp._ HERA BOÖPIS.)

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