Mycenaean Palaces and the Heroes of Myth. Palace Sites of Prehistoric Greece.

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Mycenaean Palaces and the Heroes of Myth

Palace Sites of Prehistoric Greece

Homes of the Homeric Heroes

Megara of the Aegean   Homeric megaron suite of rooms? main room? NO double porch

Megaron Tripartite division: porch, vestibule, & throne room Large circular hearth, centrally located in throne room 4 columns arranged in a square around hearth throne against middle of right-hand wall in throne room (P, T, maybe M) Plastered, painted floors (Pylos, Mycenae, and Tiryns) Access to throne room only from vestibule, through axially placed doorway 2 columns between antae in porch (h) Rich decoration of the walls throughout the unit by means of frescoes.

Tiryns Schliemann & Wilhelm Dörpfeld

Tiryns: Megaron Plan

The 1st Heroic Age of Tiryns: Perseus

Acrisius, the Jealous Father, & Danae’s Golden Shower

Perseus The Gorgon Medusa The “Cracken” Andromeda Pegasus

Trouble with the In-laws: Uncle Phineus

Tiryns & the 1st Heroic Age Herakles, Eurystheus & the 12 labors

Herakles’ heroic weaknesses

Tiryns & the 2nd Heroic Age: Diomedes

Diomedes’ aristeia

Messenia

Good Old Nestor: Warrior & Councillor

Pylos: the Palace of Nestor

Palace of Nestor A= megaron D, M= courts E= propylon F= columned porch K= bathroom L= queen's megaron W= wine cellar

Pylos Megaron & Magazines

Cleanliness is next to Mycenaean-ness

The Argolid

Mycenae Christos Tsountas

Mycenae Megaron Reconstruction

The Palace of Agamemnon Welcome home, honey Clytemnestra & Aegisthus

Lakoni a

The Menelaion Earliest Palatial Building LHIIB Destroyed in LHIIIA1

Manly Menelaos

Menelaos Unmanned/Unarmed

Why does Menelaos spare Helen?

Well, he seems happy…