CHAPTER VI.

THE SECOND GREAT TREASURY; ACROPOLIS; AND CYCLOPEAN REMAINS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MYCENÆ.

Further excavations of Mrs. Schliemann's Treasury--The _dromos_, doorway, and threshold--Objects found there--Hera-idols--Cyclopean water-conduits and cisterns in the Acropolis--Bronze rings--Pottery with marks like letters--Earrings like those found at Troy--Hand-made painted pottery--New forms of Hera-idols--Terra-cotta tripods and cradles, probably votive offerings--A comb, stilettos of opal, beads and buttons--A bronze sword--Iron tongs of late date--State of the _débris_ left at the Lions' Gate--The excavations visited by the Emperor of Brazil--Ascent of Mount Eubœa--The Cyclopean enclosure on its summit; was probably a very ancient sanctuary--Other Cyclopean remains near Mycenæ--State of the excavations 139

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