5167 x 3380 px | 43,7 x 28,6 cm | 17,2 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2005
Ort:
Tiryns, Greece
Weitere Informationen:
Tiryns, Greece. The massive Cyclopean walls of the Citadel. Mycenae was the capital of a state that dominated the eastern end of the mediterranean the rulers needed to place their stronghold in this more remote area. The care taken to preserve the shaft graves indicates that were then part of a royal heritage. The shaft graves were discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in the 18th C. Homer recalls King Agememnon's sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia and several stories of the Trojan War that may or may not be true. In legend, Agememnon and his brother Menelaus Married Helen and Clytemnestra, Agememnon inherited Mycenae and Menelaus became regent of Sparta. Helen eloped with Paris of Troy, Agememnon conducted a ten year war to get her back for his brother, the war brought anarchy and ruin to all of Greece, but Agememnon returned royally to Mycenae, or so Homer tells us. He also descibed Mycenea as 'Being rich in gold and well built'.
