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Mycenae , ancient city of Greece, in Argolis. In historical times it had little importance and was usually dependent on Argos. Its significance is in its remote past as a center of Mycenaean civilization . The famous Lion Gate, which led into the city, and the Treasury of Atreus, the largest of the beehive tombs outside the walls of the city, are the most notable of its ancient remains.

Bibliography: See A. J. B. Wace, Mycenae (1949, repr. 1964); A. E. Samuel, The Mycenaeans in History (1966).

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Mycenae Ancient city in Greece, 11km (7mi) n of modern Argos, which gave its name to the Mycenaean civilization. Dating from the third millennium bc, Mycenae was at its cultural peak between c.1580 bc and 1120 bc. It was destroyed in the 5th century bc. Later restored, by the 2nd century ad it was once more in ruins. Heinrich Schliemann discovered the ruins of Mycenae in 1874–76.

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