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Chap, iv.] The Palace at Tiryns.
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older civilisation. Their easy lives passed amid a pomp
which we should associate rather with the courts of Sardes
or Cyprus than with the cities of Greece. This was the
golden age of which Hesiod writes, when the heavens were
nearer and the gods were more familiar; when deities
looked with favour on daughters of men, and there were
born giants and warriors of superhuman prowess and
undying fame. As their palaces shone through the land
with a light like the light of sun and moon, so do they
shine through the mists of history radiant and splendid.
117
older civilisation. Their easy lives passed amid a pomp
which we should associate rather with the courts of Sardes
or Cyprus than with the cities of Greece. This was the
golden age of which Hesiod writes, when the heavens were
nearer and the gods were more familiar; when deities
looked with favour on daughters of men, and there were
born giants and warriors of superhuman prowess and
undying fame. As their palaces shone through the land
with a light like the light of sun and moon, so do they
shine through the mists of history radiant and splendid.