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Iakovidis, S. E., Mycenae-Epidaurus, Argos, Tiryns Nauplion. This book is part of an incomparable new series of guides to Greece's foremost museums and archaeological sites illustrated in full color. Their absorbing story is told by Greece's most noted historians in well organized and simple to follow texts. The reader is introduced to the historical and cultural setting of each place, while the monuments and the special character of each museum collection as well as the contribution of each work to the history of art are clearly presented. This volume presents the land ruled by Agamemnon, the general who led the Greek forces against Troy. Oedipus' son Polyneices also went into exile here and formed an alliance of seven armies to try to regain the throne from his brother Eteocles in the famous battle of Seven Against Thebes. |
