Clytemnestra: Hellenistic front row of theatre seats in stone with steps, on west side of dromos, 1922
Item
Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/3/1/9/3
Clytemnestra: Hellenistic front row of theatre seats in stone with steps, on west side of dromos
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The Clytemnestra tomb belongs to the third group of tholoi at Mycenae, as categorised by A. J. B. Wace, dating to ca. 1400-1300 BC. A. J. B. Wace and his team cleared the dromos and tholos in 1922. The tomb is evocatively named after Clytemnestra, legendary queen of Mycenae, who conspired to murder her husband Agamemnon, as related in Homer’s Odyssey. A millennium after its construction, the tomb was overbuilt by the Hellenistic theatre.
Dates
- Creation: 1922
Creator
- From the Fonds: Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879-1957 (archaeologist) (Person)
Extent
3 photographic print(s) (2 photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Part i: H. 9.9 x W. 14.4 cm, original 1922 print Parts ii and iii both: : H. 7.6 x W. 10.4 cm, later prints
Bibliography
Wace, A. (1949). Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. Illus. 54, a
Repository Details
Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository
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Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
+441223 335193
archives@classics.cam.ac.uk