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Mycenae, the citadel of Agamemnon, and the other strongholds of the Argive Plain, which all belong to the heroic times sung by Homer, had already fallen into ruin in the historical period. The traveller Pausanias visited them in the second century, A. D., and his description might well have been written in the first half of the present century, so exactly does it describe their condition before Schliemann and the Greek Archaelogical Society began their excavations. Today one may pass through the great gateways into the courts and halls of the palaces that were seats of royal residence...
...hive tombs, outside the citadel, whose massive proportions rouse the wonder of the modern traveller as to what manner of men these later kings of Mycenae may have been, and recounted the final fate of the citadel. Mideia and Argos, the two other ancient citadels in the Argive plain, still wait for the spade of some enterprising excavator...
Professor Dorpfeld spoke strong words of commendation for the excavations made by the Archaeological Society of America at the Argive Heraeum, the seat of worship of all the inhabitants of the Argive Plain. His discriminating and friendly words were appreciated by his hearers, many of whom had made substantial contributions to the success of these excavations...
...Excursion to the costal plain of southern Maine, conducted by Professor Davis...
Williams, L C, Jamaica Plain...