Mycenae

The ancient Mycenae is the legendary place of the Atreides and is located amidst two peaks of the of Euboea Mountain range, close to the Argolic Gulf.
This ancient site was already populated in the Neolithic times - about 4000 BCE. Yet in the late bronze age - 1350-1200 BCE - Mycenae florished and its inhabitans were of great influance to the whole Greek world. During this era, the acropolis was surrounded by massive "cyclopean" walls except on the south east flank where a steep ravine provided natural defense.
Mycenae was continuously inhabited until 468 BCE when it was conquered by the nearby city of Argos and its population banished. It was reoccupied in the 3rd century BCE for a relatively short period. It had been abandoned for some time when Pausanias visited the site during the 2nd century.

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