With helms bedeckt, with war-shields hung,
And armour bright, as he them bade.
In the midst they laid, the sorrowing heroes,
Their mighty ruler, their beloved lord."
Thus we have the proof that in a remote antiquity it was the custom in Babylon, Egypt, Italy, Macedonia, Scandinavia, and Germany, to bury the rich with their treasures, and my excavations have proved that this custom existed also at Mycenæ in the time of the Atridæ.
No. 528. A Golden Goblet (δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον), with dog's-head handles. From the Tomb south of the Agora. Half-size.