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Clytemnestra: east dromos wall and east section of Hellenistic theatre, 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/3/1/9/19
Clytemnestra: east dromos wall and east section of Hellenistic theatre
Clytemnestra: east dromos wall and east section of Hellenistic theatre

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: 1952

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

© Nikolaos Tombazis

Extent

1 photographic print(s) (1 photograph)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

H. 18 x W. 12 cm

General

Negative 52 T 6 (Tombazi 1788)

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

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