Mycenae or Mykenai ( Ancient Greek: Μυκῆναι) was a town of ancient Crete, the foundation of which was attributed by an historian of the Augustan age to Agamemnon. [1] Jean Hardouin proposed to read Mycenae for Myrina, which is mentioned as a city of Crete in the text of Pliny the Elder. [2]
Its site is tentatively located near the modern Selli, Kastelli. [3] [4] The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World also tentatively accept the association of Mycenae with Pliny's Myrina. [4]
References
- ^ Vell. Paterc. 1.1
- ^ ad Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.12.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mycenae".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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