Lion Gate of Mycenae
c. 1250 BCE · Work
Two lionesses rear over the entrance to Agamemnon's citadel, carved into a slab above a lintel weighing twenty elephants — Europe's oldest monumental sculpture, guarding walls so massive later Greeks decided giants must have built them. It was still standing, and known, when Homer's audiences heard of 'Mycenae rich in gold'.
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