The Mycenaean civilization (c. 1600–1100 BCE) represented the aggressive, militaristic Bronze Age society of mainland Greece immortalized in Homer’s Iliad. Unlike the peaceful, unfortified maritime palaces of the Minoans on Crete, Mycenaean cities were heavily fortified strongholds built atop high, rocky citadels.The absolute pinnacle of this defensive architecture is the Lion Gate, the monumental main entrance to the citadel of Mycenae. Constru…
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