MYCENAE  , one of the most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient cities of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, was situated on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill above the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern extremity of the fertile ceedingly strong, and it commands all the roads leading from See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth and See also:

• ACHAEA

Achaea into the Argive See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . The walls of Mycenae are the greatest See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument that remains of the Heroic See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in Greece; See also:

• PART

part of them is similar in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and doubtless See also:

• CON

con-temporary in date with the walls of the neighbouring See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• TIRYNS

Tiryns . There can therefore be little doubt that the two towns were the strongholds of a single See also:

• RACE

race, Tiryns commanding the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and Mycenae the inner See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country .