Mycenae

The Tomb of Agamemnon

Dear Commons Community,

Elaine and I visited Mycenae on our way to Nafplio.  Mycenae was one of the major centers of Greek civilization that dominated much of southern Greece, the Cyclades, and parts of southwest Anatolia.  It reached its peak around 1250 B.C.  It is well-known for the part that Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων), a king of Mycenae,  played in the Trojan War in  Homer’s epic, The Iliad.  Most historians view Agamemnon and the Trojan War as told by Homer as a myth. Regardless, a major monument, the Tomb of Agamemnon, also known as the Treasury of Atreus can be seen in present-day Mycenae.  It is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 B.C. No one knows who was really buried here.

Near the Tomb of Agamemnon are the ruins of the Citadel of Mycenae.

Tony

A long view of the Tomb of Agamemnon

The above are photos of the Citadel at Mycenae from three different distances.

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