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Atreus, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com It is now told that Atreus once had vowed to sacrifice to Artemis the finest of his flocks; but when a golden lamb appeared, he forgot everything about his vow and, after choking the lamb, he hid it inside a box. Atreus agreed to this, believing he still had the golden lamb locked and safe, but instead it was Thyestes 1 who produced the lamb, becoming thereby king of Mycenae. After this bizarre family reunion, Aegisthus, bore the bloody sword to Atreus as an evidence of Thyestes 1's death; and later, while Atreus was sacrificing on the shore, Aegisthus slew him and restored his father to the throne, forcing Agamemnon and Menelaus to go into exile to the court of King Polyphides 1 of Sicyon. homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Atreus.html   (2211 words)

Dr. J's Illustrated Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) View of The Treasury of Atreus - also called the Tomb of Agamemnon - shot from atop the Cyclopean wall of the Mycenean citadel. Zoomed-in view of the Treasury of Atreus as seen from Mycenae. The interior of a small side chamber (8 1/4 meters square) appended to the tholos chamber of the Treasury of Atreus. www.lilt.ilstu.edu /drjclassics/sites/mycenae/atreus.shtm   (393 words)

Mycenaean Tholos Tombs and Early Mycenaean Settlements This relief decoration consists of half-columns and a variety of horizontal friezes, the constituent slabs of which are dowelled to the conglomerate blocks of the stomion facade proper. Nail holes in parallel horizontal rows on the interior of the vault of the Treasury of Atreus' main tomb chamber probably held gilded bronze rosettes. The dromos of the Treasury of Atreus was cut through a large ceramic deposit of the LH IIIA1 period, the so-called Atreus Bothros, and one sherd assignable to the LH IIIB period was found sealed under a threshold block in the same tomb. projectsx.dartmouth.edu /history/bronze_age/lessons/les/19.html   (3859 words)

Knitter's Getaway Greece 2004 Massive doorway, "Treasury of Atreus," or "tomb of Agamemnon," Mycenae, Greece. Although this structure has been called a 'treasury,' it was beyond question a tomb, like numerous other structures of the same sort distributed pretty well over all Greece. It is not unlikely that, when it was first broken open, so much gold was found in it that it was from that time called a "treasury." The royal persons here laid to rest being probably of the Great Age of Mycenae, their funeral offerings must have been of the very finest. www.knittinguniverse.com /xrx/events/greece/history13.html   (329 words)

Treasury of Atreus In the treasury of Atreus, a Mycenaean king was buried with his weapons and enough food and drink for his journey through the Underworld. The dead were buried on the edge of the city in three different sorts of graves: a pit grave, a rock sepulcher, or a circular domed chamber (tholos) with an entrance passage. The skilled craftsmanship of the objects found in these tombs indicates that the princes who were buried in them were astonishingly rich, and for many years the graves were known as "Treasuries". ah.phpwebhosting.com /a/OUTofBFLO/greece/mycen/trsry/index.html   (306 words)

Dr. J's Illustrated Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) View of The Treasury of Atreus - also called the Tomb of Agamemnon - shot from atop the Cyclopean wall of the Mycenean citadel. Zoomed-in view of the Treasury of Atreus as seen from Mycenae. The interior of a small side chamber (8 1/4 meters square) appended to the tholos chamber of the Treasury of Atreus. lilt.ilstu.edu /DRJCLASSICS/sites/mycenae/atreus.shtm   (393 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - Independent Treasury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Independent Treasury, system for the deposit of United States federal funds, which existed in 1840 and 1841 and from 1846 to 1920. Ever since Andrew Jackson had destroyed the national bank, Democrats had been seeking to establish a financial system, based on hard money, that... In Van Buren's mind, the depression was caused by unrestrained issuing of credit by state banks that had received federal funds when President... ca.encarta.msn.com /Independent_Treasury.html   (148 words)

MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Treasury of Atreus MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Treasury of Atreus After about 1600 bc the Mycenaeans, ancient inhabitants of the southeastern Greek mainland, buried their dead in tholos tombs, stone chambers with beehive-shaped domes. From about 1300 to 1250 bc they built this tholos tomb, mistakenly called the Treasury of Atreus by its discoverer. encarta.msn.com /media_461526795_761561580_-1_1/Treasury_of_Atreus.html   (78 words)

Geniet: Treasury of Atreus and Tholos of Clytemnestra Treasury of Atreus (T3), T6, T11, T13, T14 and T15. The longitude and latitude of the Treasury of Atreus is: A 3D world around Treasury of Atreus has been made (the actual top of the hill opposite Treasury of Atreus is not yet visible in the world, I am working on this though). homepages.iol.ie /~geniet/eng/atreus.htm   (2184 words)

ninemsn Encarta - Multimedia - Treasury of Atreus ninemsn Encarta - Multimedia - Treasury of Atreus After about 1600 bc the Mycenaeans, ancient inhabitants of the south-eastern Greek mainland, buried their dead in tholos tombs, beehive-shaped chambers built of stone and roofed by corbelling, a technique of laying courses of stone in superimposed concentric circles. This tholos tomb, mistakenly identified as the Treasury of Atreus (an individual in the legends of Homer), was built some time between 1300 and 1250 bc. au.encarta.msn.com /media_461560843/Treasury_of_Atreus.html   (88 words)

Atreus, Treasury of --  Encyclopædia Britannica Atreus was the elder brother of Thyestes and was the king of Mycenae. It was established within the Procurement Division of the Department of the Treasury's Public Works Branch in October... Treasury bills are usually sold at auction on a discount basis with a yield equal to the difference between the purchase price and the maturity value. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9010146   (956 words)

Geniet: Treasury of Atreus and Tholos of Clytemnestra Treasury of Atreus (T3), T6, T11, T13, T14 and T15. The longitude and latitude of the Treasury of Atreus is: 22° 45' east and 37° 44' north both +/- 1'. A 3D world around Treasury of Atreus has been made (the actual top of the hill opposite Treasury of Atreus is not yet visible in the world, I am working on this though). www.iol.ie /~geniet/eng/atreus.htm   (2991 words)

Hellas - Greece: Panoramic & Aerial Photos of Greece - flughafen griechenland Tholos Tombs of Mycenae (I) - Treasury of Atreus The Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae is the largest and best-preserved of the surviving tholoi. Like the Treasury of Atreus, the Tomb of Clytemnestra represents the third stage of tholos construction from about 1300-1200 BC. www.hellas.net /index.php?entry=entry061018-191233   (1288 words)

Classic Panos: Orchomenos: Archeology The tholos tomb at Orchomenos, also known as the "Treasury of Minyas" after the dynast who ruled there during the Mycenaean period, is of a type and size (14m. Found hammered into the large ashlar blocks that constitute the high, corbeled walls of the tomb were bronze nails, presumably used to affix attachments at regular intervals around the chamber. Similarly positioned nails were found in the walls of Mycenae's "Treasury of Atreus." www.dartmouth.edu /~cpano/orchomenos/details/arch.html   (962 words)

The Citadel and the Treasury of Atreus | Museum/Attraction Review | Mycanae | Frommers.com As you walk uphill to Mycenae, you begin to get an idea of why people settled here as long ago as 3,000 B.C.: Mycenae straddles a low bluff between two protecting mountains and is a superb natural citadel. This treasury may have been built around 1300 B.C., at about the same time as the Lion Gate, in the last century of Mycenae's real greatness. If this was the family vault of Atreus, it's entirely possible that Agamemnon himself was buried here -- indeed, some still call this the Tomb of Agamemnon. www.frommers.com /destinations/mycanae/A28175.html   (948 words)

08treasury.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Unlike the true dome, a dynamic structure made of tapered, wedge-shaped stones or bricks called voussoirs, the corbeled dome, depicted here, is a static structure subject only to the forces of gravity. Then the protruding edges of the stones are cut off and sanded down, leaving a curved surface, inside and out. This structure, called a tholos, was actually a tomb, but not of king Atreus. faculty.etsu.edu /kortumr/05mycenae/htmdescriptionpages/08treasury.htm   (104 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) It "Treasure of Atreus" is the most impressive of the preserved Mycenaean tholos tombs (circular domed tombs) situated at Mycenae, on Panagitsa hill. A distinctive feature of the tomb is the side-chamber hewn in the rock (6 x 6 x 5 m.). The "Treasure of Atreus" was constructed in ca. alpha.furman.edu /~mcknight/g16.htm   (142 words)

Treasury of Atreus In the treasury of Atreus, a Mycenaean king was buried with his weapons and enough food and drink for his journey through the Underworld. The dead were buried on the edge of the city in three different sorts of graves: a pit grave, a rock sepulcher, or a circular domed chamber (tholos) with an entrance passage. The skilled craftsmanship of the objects found in these tombs indicates that the princes who were buried in them were astonishingly rich, and for many years the graves were known as "Treasuries". lucky.phpwebhosting.com /~ah/a/OUTofBFLO/greece/mycen/trsry   (314 words)

Treasury of Atreus - Mycenae, Greece - Great Buildings Online Treasury of Atreus - Mycenae, Greece - Great Buildings Online Search the RIBA architecture library catalog for more references on Treasury of Atreus We appreciate your suggestions for links about Treasury of Atreus. www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Treasury_of_Atreus.html   (182 words)

Home Page This drawing of the so-called Treasury of Atreus, a Mycenaean king, shows the method of construction. The diameter of each successive circle of stones is slightly diminished, until the central opening can be covered by a single capstone. This structure was actually a tomb, but not of Atreus. www.etsu.edu /philos/classes/rk/galleries/05_mycenae/pages/07.html   (80 words)

Encyclopædia Britannica Australia - Atreus was the elder brother of Thyestes and was the king of Mycenae. The story of his family-the House of Atreus-is virtually unrivaled in antiquity for complexity... This surviving architectural structure of the Mycenaean civilization is a pointed dome built up of overhanging ( www.britannica.com.au /britannica_browse/a/a87.html   (1769 words)

VirtualTourist.com - Mycenae Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews On the other side of the ancient acropolis of Mycenae is the Treasury of Atreus which essentially is the tomb. Treasury of Atreus & you would know who Atreus is by now is where the Mycenaean King was buried. It was said King Atreus was cursed (inclusive of his descendants) as he had outraged the gods when he killed his brother's children & fed them to him! www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Greece/Prefecture_of_Argolida/Mycenae-420666/Things_To_Do-Mycenae-R-4.html   (1025 words)

Dartmouth Foreign Programs in Greece 2003 The Treasury of Atreus was worth all of its hype, and we finished off the day with a group photo around 10.30 am. 9 April: The corbel vaulted ceiling of the Tomb of Atreus. 9 April: Fearlessly Exploring the Sidechamber in the Treasury of Atreus. www.dartmouth.edu /~classics/greece2003/updates/week3_4/april9.html   (441 words)

Perseus Lookup Tool   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Mycenae, Treasury of Atreus: One of 9 tholos tombs located outside the walls at Mycenae [Building] (3.17) Mycenae, Treasury of Atreus: Detail of entrance facade and relieving triangle [Image] (6.55) Section of the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae. www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vor?type=phrase&alts=0&group=typecat&lookup=Atreus&collection=Perseus:collection:Greco-Roman   (78 words)

Corbelled Domes in Two and Three Dimensions: The Treasury of Atreus, Nicole A. Lazar, Joseph B. Kadane, Fang Chen, ... Corbelled Domes in Two and Three Dimensions: The Treasury of Atreus, Nicole A. Lazar, Joseph B. Kadane, Fang Chen, William G. Cavanagh, Clifford D. Litton We also explore ways of graphically presenting the results from a complex, reversible jump MCMC implementation, in order to check convergence, good mixing, and appropriate exploration of the (high dimensional and varying dimension) parameter space. The model and the graphical techniques are demonstrated on the Treasury of Atreus in Mycenae, Greece, one of the finest extant examples of the corbelling method. projecteuclid.org /Dienst/UI/1.0/Summarize/euclid.isr/1091543057   (725 words)

Mycenae All of the artifacts that were unearthed during excavations at Mycenae have been taken off site and they are exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Once in Mycenae, you must visit the "Treasury of Atreus". The Treasury of Atreus is a large "Tholos" Tomb, also known as the "Tomb of Agamemnon" which, like Mycenae, was built around 1250 BC, and it is an impressive monument worth visiting. www.greeklandscapes.com /greece/mycenae.html   (828 words)

Greek Pictures Index Treasury of the Siphnians, Delphi: Gigantomachy: Kybele's chariot, detail [L. portion] from N. frieze ca. 13th century B.C. The entryway to the 'Treasury of Atreus', a Tholos tomb. "Treasury of Atreus" tholos tomb at Mycenae (c1400 BC) www.picturesfree.org /cdcaptions/greek.htm   (3940 words)

"Treasury of Atreus"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Entrance to the so-called "Treasury of Atreus." Mycenae and the Argolid are associated with the mythological dynasty of Atreus, which includes Agamemnon and Menelaos. The largest tomb found at Mycenae, this one is a circular or tholos tomb. The lintel block over the entrance weighs around 100 tons, thus the need for the relieving opening triangle above it. people.clarkson.edu /~ellen/lf31001/images/pic9-5at.html   (69 words)

Mycenaean Thombs The Tholos or "beehive" tombs" were produced in the period 1510-1220 BC. The Treasury of Atreus is the most famous (another is the Tholos of Clytemnestra). A Dome structure in the case of the Atreus Treasure height around 13.2 m. www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Temples/MycenaeanThombs.html   (110 words)

Citadel and the Treasury of Atreus - Mycenae - Reviews of Citadel and the Treasury of Atreus - TripAdvisor What was your experience with Citadel and the Treasury of Atreus? Interested in Citadel and the Treasury of Atreus and Mycenae?We'll send you weekly updates with new articles, reviews and special deals. Have you been to Citadel and the Treasury of Atreus? www.tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g189486-d243267-Reviews-Citadel_and_the_Treasury_of_Atreus-Mycenae_Peloponnese.html   (326 words)

Great Buildings Online Image - Treasury of Atreus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Photo, exterior · Treasury of Atreus · Mycenae, Greece Treasury of Atreus, by unknown, at Mycenae, Greece, -1200. This document is provided for on-line viewing only. www.greatbuildings.com /cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Treasury_of_Atreus.html/cid_1036316201_DSCN1603.gbi   (54 words)

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