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Mycenae Civilization 1600 B.C. ~ 1100 B.C.

USING GOLD CUPS
TO ENJOY THE NEMEAN WINE
Mycenae Civilization 2000 BC ~ 1200 BC

Mycenae, ancient city in the plain of Argolis, Greece, which gave its name to the culture developed in mainland Greece during the late phase of the Bronze Age civilization. Other great centers of Mycenaean culture included Tiryns and Pylos. The Mycenaeans, celebrated by Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey, in which he calls them Achaeans. Mycenae reached its height as the center of Aegean Civilization, dominated before that time by the Minoans from Crete. In the age of the Trojan War described in Homer's epics, Mycenae was the home of King Agamemnon from the house of Atreus.

 

 

 

 

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