CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cyclopean Masonry, Beehive Tomb, Niello

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1A03
• Professor: Michele George

Document Summary

Cyclopean masonry = made by the cyclopes (one-eyed giants) Mythical home to agamemnon, son of atreus, married to clytemnestra. So called treasury of atreus : 1300 bc, at mycenae tholos tomb (not a treasury) Bodies found : 16 men, 5 women, 2 children (multiple burials in one shaft) B comes before a in this case, b dated later than a. Most cities have rules that you can not bury inside the city walls. Grave circle a was inside the fortification wall in mycenae (assumed they were important people or there was a lot of gold at the grave) They have stele (grave marker) - similar to a tomb stone. Most likely a step by step process for the gold masks (clay mold) Bronze dagger w. nature imagery in gold, silver, & niello inlay grave circle a. Style of dagger is minoan in spirit.