Clytemnestra: east dromos wall, 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/3/1/9/14
Clytemnestra: east dromos wall
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: 1950
Creator
- From the Fonds: Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879-1957 (archaeologist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
© British School at Athens
Extent
2 photographic print(s) (2 photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Parts i and ii both: H. 15.5 x W. 11.5 cm
Bibliography
Wace, A. J. B. (1955). Part III. Notes on the Construction of the ‘Tomb of Clytemnestra.’ The Annual of the British School at Athens, 50, 194–198, Pl. 32, b
General
Negative 50 W 43
Repository Details
Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository
Contact:
Faculty of Classics
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Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
+441223 335193
archives@classics.cam.ac.uk