Mycenae and Troy

Descriptions of the two city ruins of the Trojan War.

1. Mycenae and Troy
Cities of the Trojan War
First created 5 Jun 2021. Version 1.0 9 Jun 2021. Daperro. London.

2. ThestoryoftheTrojanWartookplacebetween1194BCand1184BC,say12
th
CenturyBC.Inanotherword,itwasaneventhappened
some7or8centuriesbeforeClassicalGreece.IthappensatthedawnofEuropeanhistoryneartheendoftheMycenaeanAge.
Date of the Trojan War

3. Geographics location of Mycenae and Troy
MapoftheAegeanSeawithEuropeonthewestandAsiaontheeast.
Mycenae
Troy

4. Trojan War on Pottery
StoryoftheTrojanWarpaintedonpottery.ItshowsAchilleskilledHectoranddraggedhisbodybehindthechariot.

5. Mycenaeansoldiersin12CBC.ThiswerethesoldierswhowouldhavebeenthedestroyersofTroy.
Mycenaean Soldiers on Pottery

6. TheTrojanWarwasfoughtinthelateBronzeAge.Therewerenoironhelmets,somemighthadwearthesetuskhelmet.
Boar’s-tusk Helmet, Mycenae
ThiswasfoundinMycenaeantomb.Thisonedatesto13CBC.
NationalArchaeologicalMuseum,Athens.

7. Ivoryrenditionofafigure-of-eightshield13CBC.
Early Body Armour and Shield

8. Areconstructedhackingand
slashingswords(near).
Weapons, Mycenae
AcollectionofMycenaean
swords.Earlierswordswere
longpointedweaponsdesigned
forthrustingandnotcuttings.
Shorterswordappearedin13C
BC,asthelongerswords
disappeared.Thesewereused
forthrusting,hackingand
cutting.

9. War Ship, Mycenae
Verylittleisknownaboutthe
Mycenaeanships.Howeverthereis
adetailpaintingfromtheAegean
IslandofThera,whichshowsa
processionofship.Itwaspainted
300yearsbeforetheTrojanWar.

10. City of Mycenae
ThecityofMycenaeislocatedinsouthernGreeceor
north-easternPeloponnese.Thepictureisamodelof
cityofMycenaewasfoundedin1350-1200BC,inthe
lateBronzeAge.

11. Ruins of Mycenae, Greece
ThisistheruinofthecityofMycenaeonahilltop.Thecitywasfoundedin1350-1200BC,some3000yearsago.Itisa
miraclethatwecanstillwalkamonganancientuntouchedsolongago.

12. Entrance to the walled city
Themainentranceofthecitywaserectedin13cBC,around1250BC.

13. ThelioncarvingabovethegateisthesolesurvivingMycenaeansculpture.
Mycenaean Sculpture

14. GraveCircleAisa16CBCroyalcemeterybytheentranceofthewalledcity.Atotalof19bodieswereburiedhere.Mostof
thetreasuryofMycenaewerefoundhere,includethemostgoldmask.
Grave Circle A, Mycenae

15. Themajorityoftheremainingcityislikethephotoabove.
Mycenae city

16. Thegoldmaskwasdiscoveredatthe
cemeterybytheentranceofthewall
ofthecity.Itwasdiscoveredby
HeinrichSchliemannin1876.Modern
archaeologicalresearchsuggests,itis
aboutc1600BC,whichpredatingthe
TrojanWar.
Gold Mask, Mycenae
TheMaskofAgamemnon.1550-1500BC
(c300-400yearsbeforetheTrojanWar).Gold.
Mycenae.NationalMuseumofAthens.
Threeothermaskswerealso
discovered.

17. Gold Mask, Mycenae
DeathMask1650BC.Gold.Mycenae.NationalMuseumofAthens.
DeathMask16CBC.Gold.Mycenae.NationalMuseumofAthens.

18. Lion’s Head Rhyton
Thegoldrhytonwasusedasacontainerfromwhichfluidswereintendedtobedrunkortobepouredinsomerituals..

19. Mycenae, Burial Mount
NotfarfromthecityisthisburialmountorTholosTombs.Theburialchamberwasbuiltbyhollowedoutofthehillside.

20. Theisknownas‘TheTreasuryofAtreus’,atholoitombsinMycenae.Thisoneisaroyaltombs,builtin13CBC.
Tholos Tomb Burial Mount

21. Theburialchamberislargeandairy.Notethedooropeningonthelefeleadingintoasmallroom..
Interior of The Treasury of Atreus

22. Apolychromesculptureheadora
stuccoedwoman’sheadwasfoundatthe
footoftheAcropolisofMycenae.Itdates
fromthe13CBC.Itistheonlyrare
examplestatuewehavefound.
Mycenaean Sculpture Head
Thewomanmayhavebeentheheadofa
sphinxorperhapstheheadofagoddess.
ThearticleisondisplayattheNational
ArchaeologicalMuseuminAthens.

23. ThisisamodelofTroyduringtheperiodfor
theTrojanWar(1194-1184BC).
City of Troy

24. Plain at Troy
TroywaspossiblyanavalpowerwhosewealthdependedonthecollectingtaxesforusingtheDardanelles.Thisislikelyto
havebeenthecauseofthewarbetweentheGreekandTroy.

25. Stonehenge
EntrancetothewalledcityofTroy.
Ruins of Troy, Turkey

26. Troy
Therewere9differentcitiesinTroy.ThecityassociatedwiththeTrojanWaristhesixthlayer.

27. The Ruin at Troy

28. RampartsofTroyII(2500-2200BC),themaingateintothecity.ItmarkedtheboundaryoftheinnerwallfortheHomer’sTroy.
The Ruin at Troy

29. OdeumintheGreekperiodofTroyIX(700BC-350BC).Troy.
The Ruin at Troy

30. AlexandertheGreatvisitedTroyandlefthisarmouratthetempleofAthenaandrannakedtoAchilles’burial.
The Ruin at Troy

31. AreconstructedpanoramicviewofTroyVIlookingwest.Atthetime,thecitysituatedveryneartothesea.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

32. SouthgatewayofTroyVI,showingthegatewayandthesouthtower.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

33. ThelandingoftheMycenaeanatTroy,accordingtothelegend,thewarlastedfortenyears.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

34. Apossibledevice,a‘WoodenHorse’thatenabletheMycenaeantobreachTroy’swall.
A Reconstruction of Troy 1700-1250 BC

35. A Possible Troy ‘Wooden Horse’

36. The
End
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-IlAllegrettoScherzando

37. History