Mycenae-Cyclopean Walls
Mycenae (Μυκήνες) is one of
the most important archaeological sites of Greece.
The founding of Mycenae is lost
in prehistory, but according to Greek legends,
it was founded by the legendary
hero Perseus - son of Zeus and Danae, daughter
of the king of Argos, Acricios -
who left Argos for Tyrins and later employed
Cyclopes to build the
walls of Mycenae with giant stones that no human could
move (thus the characterization
of the walls as "Cyclopean").
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