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)
_Fork_ of copper, for stirring the funeral fires, 255.
_Fountain_ of Perseia at Mycenæ, 59.
_Frieze_ of marble, 141.
G.
_Galleries_ in the Walls of Tiryns, 51.
_Gate_, the eastern, of Tiryns, 5;
of the Lions at Mycenæ (_see_ LIONS' GATE);
the postern, at Mycenæ, 35, 36.
_Gell, Sir William_, cited, 44.
_Glass_, fabrication of, only in its beginning at the age of the
tombs, 158.
_Goblets_, of terra-cotta, at Tiryns, 16;
at Mycenæ, 70;
two-handled, 115, 116;
black, 154;
of gold, 204, 231-240, 314, 352-353;
of silver, 314.
_Gold._ The objects are described under their several heads.
The quantity found in the sepulchres amounts to about 100 lbs.
troy.
_Gordon, Gen._, his fragments of bronze nails and plates from the
Treasury of Atreus, 45 _n._
_Grasshoppers_, golden. (_See_ CICADÆ.)
_Greaves_ of warriors on a painted vase, 134;
gold ornament of, 230, 328.
_Greco-Phœnician Period of Art_, after about B.C. 800, 98;
the sculptures of Mycenæ anterior to, _ibid._
_Griffins_, of gold, 177;
legend of the griffin of Indian origin, 177, 178.
H.
_Hatchets_;
of stone, 76;
of bronze, 111, 112.
_Hellenic House_, foundations of, 121.
_Hera Boöpis_, note on, 19-22.
_Heræum_, the great temple of Hera, near Mycenæ, 20, 59, 362, 364.
_Hercules and the Nemean Lion_, gold ornament, with intaglio of, 173.
_Highway_ from Mycenæ to Tiryns, 42.
_Horse-trappings_, ornaments of, 153, 273;
described by Homer, 273.
_Hunters_ in a chariot, on a signet-ring, 223 f.
I.
_Ialysus_, in Rhodes; objects found in a tomb there, resembling
those at Mycenæ:
terra-cotta vases, 65;
cow-idols, 73;
whorls, 77;
painted pottery, 138;
terra-cotta goblets, of same pattern as Mycenean gold goblets, 234.
_Idols_, terra-cotta, at Tiryns, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
similar to those at Mycenæ, 12;
at Mycenæ, 13, 71, 72, 73;
in "dromos" before Treasury near Lions' Gate, 103-107.
_Inachus_, the river, 24, 25.
_Inscriptions_, signs resembling, 114;
Greek, 115.
_Iron_ keys and knives, probably of the later age of Mycenæ, 75.
_Ivory_, objects of, 152, 153, 161, 162, 329;
stained, for horse-trappings, 273.
J.
_Jar_ of crystal, 299, 300.
_Jasper weight_, 100.
K.
_Kettles._ (_See_ COPPER.)
_Keys_ of bronze, lead, and iron, 74, 75.
_Knives_ of obsidian at Tiryns, 18;
of bronze and iron at Mycenæ, 74, 75, 76, 111, 112, 158;
of obsidian, 158.
L.
_Lamps_, unknown to Homer, and never found at Troy, Tiryns,
or Mycenæ, 50.
_Lances_ of bronze, 278;
mode of fastening to the handle, _ibid._
_Lead_, found at Tiryns, 14;
a large quantity at Mycenæ, 77.
_Leake, Col._, quoted, 5 n.
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