FILE: 19_Lion Gate of Mycenae.jpg

TITLE: Lion Gate of Mycenae

DESCRIPTION: MYCENAE - Mycenaean culture - 1300 BCE --Mycenae was on mainland - not an island like Crete --lots of fortifications here (a warring people) --enormous limestone post and lintel gate at entrance to citadel of Mycenae --2 female lions as guardian figures in pediment above gate --lions' heads moved to scare enemies