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The Wrath of Achilles — real places & people

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Places of awe — Troy and the Troad

Hisarlık (Troy) — nine cities stacked on one hill.

Archaeological site of Troy (Hisarlık).
Archaeological site of Troy (Hisarlık).

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The walls — stone you can still walk.

Walls of Troy.
Walls of Troy.

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Places of awe — Mycenaean Greece

Lion Gate, Mycenae — Agamemnon's threshold.

Lion Gate, Mycenae.
Lion Gate, Mycenae.

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Treasury of Atreus — beehive tomb, bronze-age engineering.

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae.
Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae.

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Tiryns — cyclopean walls Homer called the work of giants.

Walls of Tiryns.
Walls of Tiryns.

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Things of wonder (made by hand)

Mask of Agamemnon — gold face from the shaft graves.

Mask of Agamemnon, National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Mask of Agamemnon, National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

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Achilles and Ajax playing dice — Andokides Painter.

Achilles and Ajax playing a board game, Andokides Painter.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game, Andokides Painter.

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