Mycenae and Tiryns

The Mycenians ate buns as there was a granary close to the Lion Gate. They exported and imported goods via the sally port. A cyclops built the city wall of Tiryns for Protos who may have worn a gold crown. Someone did, because Heinrich Schliemann the archaeologist found a gold crown in the Caves of Shaft. Cyclops' must've been good brickies. The residents of the palaces of Mycenae had decent plumbing and bathrooms. They migrated from Crete to the eastern Peloponnesos - although it wasn't called that in the bronze age. To the Mycenians it was uncharted land, long before Pelops invaded from the north and long before Spartan predominance. There were some indigenous tribes that probably had to be subdued or moved on. There was gold, silver, amethyst, faience and alabaster and there were plenty of skilled craftsmen. People drank wine or beer out of cups made from Egyptian ostrich eggs. I was at a pub in Tiryns once and there was an ostrich still in my cup. It pecked my fucking eye out. A cyclops said "you could get a job as a bricklayer now mate!" The barman scratched some words on a large jar that said "faulty ostrich cups - to be sent back." Inscriptions on jars found at archaeological sites often tell stories and give us clues about how ancient society operated. Little fragments of history. According to Pausanius, Aigisthos killed Atreus and others, who returned from Troy, at his banquet. Aigisthos knew Atreus had a stash of treasure in his cellars. Mycenae came to an abrupt end, once believed to have been destroyed by the Thera volcanic catastrophe but analysis shows Mycenaen civilization ending 150 years before Thera exploded. Maybe they all died of plague or famine, although there was an abundance of fertile lands in Greece at the time. Corinth was founded then and seems to have lasted beyond the age of Roman expansion into Greece. A city with a great history. One day a bloke called Kaysius came in and said "that's the way ah ha ah ha, I like it, ah ha ah ha that's the way" Everyone started boogieing down and some bloke said "it's a shame records haven't been invented yet as I reckon that tune would go straight to the top of the charts."