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KRABATA. MYCENAE.
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formed by projecting stones, and is of very remote antiquity. The re-
mains of bridges are very rare in Greece. Every thing at Mycenae is
of the most ancient date, for the city was destroyed and depopulated
by the Argives soon after the Persian invasion, (Strabo) about 466 years
before Christ, having existed about 913 years from its foundation by
Perseus in the fourteenth century.
Still pursuing the watercourse, a long line of rocks may be observed,
running in a right line nearly north and south, upon the brow of the
hill, ending near the chapel. The walls of the town probably ran
upon this ridge, which has been cut by art, and has the trace of a
gate near the centre. The watercourse next runs over a tumulus,
which is upon the top of the treasury of Atreus.
The town, which was of considerable extent, covered the whole of the
slope down to the torrent, and the opposite ascent to the citadel. The
entrance of the treasury is a little lower down the hill. Two parallel
walls 20 feet 6 inches asunder project from the portal, above which
is a triangular opening, which is usual in the edifices of this city.
The place was probably once closed by a sculptured stone. The front
appears to have been cased with green and red marble, with spiral
and circular ornaments. Near the door observe a semicircular
pilaster and its capital very curiously carved in spiral and zigzag
lines. This capital is given in a miscellaneous plate. The leaves,
which are the lowest ornament, are exactly similar to that represent-
ed by Norden in his View of the Palace of Memnon. In the archi-
trave are holes into which bronze nails have been inserted to support
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formed by projecting stones, and is of very remote antiquity. The re-
mains of bridges are very rare in Greece. Every thing at Mycenae is
of the most ancient date, for the city was destroyed and depopulated
by the Argives soon after the Persian invasion, (Strabo) about 466 years
before Christ, having existed about 913 years from its foundation by
Perseus in the fourteenth century.
Still pursuing the watercourse, a long line of rocks may be observed,
running in a right line nearly north and south, upon the brow of the
hill, ending near the chapel. The walls of the town probably ran
upon this ridge, which has been cut by art, and has the trace of a
gate near the centre. The watercourse next runs over a tumulus,
which is upon the top of the treasury of Atreus.
The town, which was of considerable extent, covered the whole of the
slope down to the torrent, and the opposite ascent to the citadel. The
entrance of the treasury is a little lower down the hill. Two parallel
walls 20 feet 6 inches asunder project from the portal, above which
is a triangular opening, which is usual in the edifices of this city.
The place was probably once closed by a sculptured stone. The front
appears to have been cased with green and red marble, with spiral
and circular ornaments. Near the door observe a semicircular
pilaster and its capital very curiously carved in spiral and zigzag
lines. This capital is given in a miscellaneous plate. The leaves,
which are the lowest ornament, are exactly similar to that represent-
ed by Norden in his View of the Palace of Memnon. In the archi-
trave are holes into which bronze nails have been inserted to support