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Mycenae
an ancient Greek city in southern Greece, where King Agamemnon is supposed to have lived. It was a wealthy and important city in the period before about 1100 BC. In the late 19th century many beautiful and ancient objects were found there by archaeologists.
—Mycenaean adjective:
• a gold Mycenaean bracelet
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