Wed. 12. [12 April 1899] Left Athens [Athinai] at 7. Mr Bell came to the station to see us off. Lovely day. Snow on Helicon [Elikon Oros] and the Arcadian mountains. Got of [sic] Mycenae Phyctia [Fikhtia] at 12 and lunched at the station. Constantine Icomenides producing a fine basket. Drove up to Mycenae on the bare hill side. The great walls most imposing. Went into the Treasury of Atreus, wonderful. A great block of stone for the lintel, then a great bee hive inside, enormous, built of immense blocks. Then to Mrs Schliemann's tomb, the top of which has fallen in and so up to the Citadel. Turning an angle of the wall we came upon the Lion Gate with the sun on it and the great Lions pawing up in a magnificent attitude, all the muscles of the flanks marked. Inside was the Agora circle and the holes of the tombs where all the gold was found. Great walls all about, mostly squared stones. Up to the Palace where we traced the foundations with difficulty, but found the stair. On the north side a bank mixed with stones and scarlet anemonies leading down to a tiny postern opening onto the bare hillside covered with tinkling flocks. In the east great walls and galleries and a stair cut through the solid rock leading down to a well. Lovely view from the citadel over the "horse bearing" plain and Argos on its hill and the sea. Orestes' view in the opening of the Electra. Drove to Argos where I photographed the theatre on the hillside and we had tea. The Venetian fort, founded on Pelasgic walls, stands up finely. A white monastery on the hillside. Drove to Nauplia [Navplion], beautifully placed with Venetian forts covering the hills, blue sea, poplars and cypresses. Passed Tiryns [Tirins]. Dörpfeld and 40 Germans at our hotel (des Etrangers). Dined at a Restaurant and so to bed. Difficulties with Camera! [Pressed flower attached to page].