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description to a real scene, and to existing CHAP. 
objects, there seems reason to believe that, in 
his time at least, this remarkable Sepulchre was 
considered by the inhabitants of Mycena; as the 
TOMB OF AGAMEMNON; although described by 
Pausanias rather as the Heroum of Perseus. But 
the most striking evidence for the situation of 
the Tomb of Agamemnon occurs in the Electro, of 
Euripides. When Orestes, in that tragedy, relates 
to Pylades his nocturnal visit to the sepulchre of 
his father, it is expressly stated that he repaired 
thither without entering within the walls*. Possibly, 
therefore, the known existence of this Tumulus, 
and of its form and situation, suggested both to 
Sophocles and to Euripides their allusions to the 
Tomb of Agamemnon, and to the offerings made 
by Orestes at his father's sepulchre. The Reader, 
after a perusal of the facts, will, of course, 
adopt his own conjecture. We shall now pro- 
ceed to a further description of the Monument 
itself. 
Having descended from the top of it, we interior 
repaired to the entrance, upon its eastern side. 
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KAI TEIXEQN MEN ENTOS OT BAINH TIOAA . . . 
Euripidis Electro, v. SO. p.403. ed. Barnes. Cantab. 1G94. 
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