THE MYCENAEAN AGE

A STUDY OF THE MONUMENTS AND CULTURE
OF PRE-HOMERIC GREECE

BY

DR. CHRESTOS TSOUNTAS

EPHOR OF ANTIQUITIES AND DIRECTOR OF
EXCAVATIONS AT MYCENAE

AND

J. IRVING MANATT, PH. D., LL. D.

PROFESSOR OF GREEK LITERATURE AND HISTORY
IN BROWN UNIVERSITY

6.JHW. Haynes
Piete. June of 10

$1912.

Copyright, 1897,
BY J. IRVING MANATT.

All rights reserved.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company.

all

CONTENTS

PAGE

xi

383

395

397

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION (BY PROF. DR. WILHELM DÖRPFELD)

CHAP. I. LANDMARKS OF THE MYCENAEAN WORLD

IV. THE PRIVATE HOUSE AND DOMESTIC LIFE

V. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD: SHAFT-GRAVES

VI. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD: BEEHIVE AND CHAM-

XIII. THE PROBLEM OF MYCENAEAN CHRONOLOGY

XIV. THE PROBLEM OF THE MYCENAEAN RACE

XV. THE MYCENAEAN WORLD AND HOMER

APPENDIX A. THE MYCENAEAN TROY

B. THE FORTRESS OF GHA AND OTHER MINYAN WORKS

AT LAKE COPAÏS

C. RECENT MYCENAEAN FINDS IN ATTICA, SALAMIS AND

AEGINA

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA

INDEX (BY DR. BARKER NEWHALL).