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28 ON SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS. 
expressly stated that he repaired thither with- 
out entering the walls—Now the Tumulus in 
question being without the walls, and being also 
by far the largest to be found at Mycene, may 
fairly be conceived to belong to so celebrated a 
Monarch;—and to make assurance doubly sure, 
we learn from Sophocles that the Sepulchre 
(Tages) of Agamemnon was a Mound or Barrow 
(KoAwyy). 
I have unfortunately neither the classic lore, 
nor the habits of antiquarian research, which 
could alone entitle me to form an independent 
opinion on this controverted point. Certainly 
from considerations abovementioned, I incline 
to Dr. Clarke’s view of the subject. But the 
decision of the question is now of little mo- 
ment ;—for whether it be the Sepulere of the 
“King of Men,” (wag adv), or the Treasury of 
his father, the bones of the one and the trea- 
sures of the other have alike disappeared;— 
and the Grecian shepherds, with their flocks 
and herds, are now the only inhabitants of this 
magnificent abode of grandeur and of gloom. 
Passing over two Barrows of unrivalled inter- 
est, that of the Athenians on the Plain of Mar- 
athon, and that of Achilles on the Plain of 
