The Treasure of Atreus or Treasury of Atreus is an impressive "tholos" tomb at Mycenae, Greece (on the Panagitsa Hill) constructed around 1250 BCE. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons. The tomb was used for an unknown period of time. It was the tallest dome in the world until the Pantheon, with an interior height of 13.5m. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Treasure of Atreus tholos in 2004 Beehive tombs, also known as Tholos tombs (plural tholoi), are a style of Mycenaean chamber tomb from the Bronze Age. ... Mycenae (ancient Greek: , IPA , in modern Greek: Μυκήνες ; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90km south-west of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. ... The Pantheon, Rome The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the Roman state religion, but which has been a Christian church since the 7th century. ...
It is now told that Atreus once had vowed to sacrifice to Artemis the finest of his flocks; but when a golden lamb appeared, he forgot everything about his vow and, after choking the lamb, he hid it inside a box.
Atreus agreed to this, believing he still had the golden lamb locked and safe, but instead it was Thyestes 1 who produced the lamb, becoming thereby king of Mycenae.
After this bizarre family reunion, Aegisthus, bore the bloody sword to Atreus as an evidence of Thyestes 1's death; and later, while Atreus was sacrificing on the shore, Aegisthus slew him and restored his father to the throne, forcing Agamemnon and Menelaus to go into exile to the court of King Polyphides 1 of Sicyon.
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