- Information
- city in the Argolid
- Alternative name
- 🌍 Argion (alt. Mycenae)
- Sometimes conflated with
- 🌍 Argos (city)
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Alcaios (Mycenaean) 👤 Electryon (s. of Perseus)👤 Heleios 👤 Mestor (Mycenaean) 👤 Sthenelos (Mycenaean)
- Place of death of
- 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aglaos 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Alcmeon 👤 Amphimachos (s. of Electryon)👤 Anactor 👤 Antiochos (s. of Pterelaos) 👤 Archelaos (Mycenaean) 👤 Argos (Panoptes) 👤 Callileon 👤 Cassandra 👤 Celaineus 👤 Cheirimachos 👤 Chersidamas (s. of Pterelaos) 👤 Chromios (Taphian) 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Companion of Agamemnon (name unknown)👤 Deimachos (Mycenaean) 👤 Epilaos (Mycenaean) 👤 Eurybios (Mycenaean) 👤 Gorgophonos (Mycenaean I) 👤 Lysinomos 👤 Mestor (s. of Aias)👤 Mestor (s. of Pterelaos) 👤 Nomios (Mycenaean) 👤 Orchomenos (Mycenaean) 👤 Peri[...] (s. of Electryon)👤 Phylonomos 👤 Stratobates 👤 Tyrannos 👥 the Cattle of Geryon 👥 the Companions of Agamemnon
- Place of burial of
- 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Atreus 👤 Cassandra 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Electra (Mycenaean) 👤 Eurymedon (Mycenaean) 👤 Pelops (Mycenaean) 👤 Teledamos 👥 the Companions of Agamemnon
- Founded by
- 👤 Gorgophonos (Mycenaean II) 👤 Perseus (Argive)
- Founded from
- 🌍 Epidauros (Argolid)
- Fortified by
- 👤 Perseus (Argive) 👥 the Cyclopes (wall-builders)
- Eponym
- 👤 Mycene (eponym) 👤 Myceneus
- Derives etymology from
- 🏺 the Scabbard of Perseus 👤 Euryale (Gorgon) 👤 Stheno (Gorgon)
- Ruled by
- 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Amphitryon 👤 Atreus 👤 Bias (Argive) 👤 Electryon (s. of Perseus)👤 Eurystheus 👤 Melampous 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Perseus (Argive) 👤 Sthenelos (Mycenaean) 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean)
- Conquered by
- 👥 the Heracleidai
- Fortifications
- 🏛️ the Walls of Mycenae
- Relics preserved on site
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Atreus (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Cassandra (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Clytaimnestra (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Electra (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Eurymedon (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Teledamos and Pelops (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tombs of the Companions of Agamemnon (Mycenae)🏛️ the Treasuries of Atreus and his family (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Walls of Mycenae
- Encompases
- 🌍 the Grove at Mycenae 🏛️ Spring Perseia (Mycenae) 🏛️ the House of Aigisthos (Mycenae)🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Atreus (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Cassandra (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Clytaimnestra (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Electra (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Eurymedon (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tomb of Teledamos and Pelops (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Tombs of the Companions of Agamemnon (Mycenae)🏛️ the Treasuries of Atreus and his family (Mycenae) 🏛️ the Walls of Mycenae
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- Appears in
- 📜 Cypria Argumentum 4 West📜 Cypria Argumentum 8 West📜 Epigonoi fr. 3 Davies📜 Nostoi fr. 10 West📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.10-2.11📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.12📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.12-2.13📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.13📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.14📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.15📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.1-6.30📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.23📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.28📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.30📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.6📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.9📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.376📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 353-367📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 136 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 77-93📜 Homer, Iliad 15.630-15.652📜 Homer, Iliad 19.95-19.124📜 Homer, Iliad 2.569-2.580📜 Homer, Iliad 4.364-4.410📜 Homer, Iliad 4.50-4.67📜 Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43📜 Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.304-3.312📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.512-4.547📜 Lucian, Astrology 12📜 Lucian, The Dance 43📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 38📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 39📜 Pausanias 1.2.3📜 Pausanias 2.15.4📜 Pausanias 2.16.3-2.16.4📜 Pausanias 2.16.5📜 Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7📜 Pausanias 2.18.1📜 Pausanias 2.6.5-2.6.7📜 Pausanias 8.5.4📜 Pausanias 9.40.11-9.40.12📜 Pindar fr. 169a Snell-Maehler📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 18📜 Strabo 1.2.3📜 Strabo 8.6.10📜 Strabo 8.6.13📜 Strabo 8.6.19📜 Strabo 8.6.19-8.6.25
- Mentioned in Text
- Cypria Epigonoi NostoiApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, Trojan WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, AstrologyLucian, The DancePalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindarPs-Plutarch, On RiversStrabo