Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Mycenae or its inhabitants.
  • adjective Of, relating to, or being the Aegean civilization that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region from about 1580 to 1120 BC.
  • adjective Of, relating to, or being the archaic dialect of Greek written in the Linear B script.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Mycenae.
  • noun Mycenaean Greek.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to ancient Mycenæ, in Greece, or to the civilization represented by its remains.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or relating to ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants.
  • adjective Of or relating to the Mycenaean civilization, the early Greek civilization that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Central Europe from about 2800 to 1100 BCE, divided into three periods: Early Helladic (c. 2800–2000 B.C.E), Middle Helladic (c. 2000–1500 B.C.E), and Late Helladic (c. 1500–1100 B.C.E)
  • adjective Of or relating to the Ancient Greek dialect written in the Linear B syllabary.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Mycenae.
  • proper noun Mycenaean Greek

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants

Etymologies

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From Mycenae +‎ -an.

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Examples

  • Katharine Beutner’s first novel, Alcestis, is set in Mycenaean Greece.

    2010 May 15 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Katharine Beutner’s first novel, Alcestis, is set in Mycenaean Greece.

    2010 May « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Katharine Beutner’s first novel, Alcestis, is set in Mycenaean Greece.

    BookBanter Episode 30 with Katharine Beutner « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Whole classes of artifacts, such as a group of "Mycenaean" gold plates said to be from Phoenicia, have no certain authentic parallels.

    Books: Scourge of the Forgery Culture 2001

  • The greatest triumph of the goldsmith's art in the "Mycenaean" period does not come from Mycenae.

    A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

  • For it seems clear that the "Mycenaean" civilization developed little which can be called artistic in the highest sense of that term.

    A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

  • "Mycenaean" civilization was widely extended over the Greek islands and the eastern portions of continental Greece in the second millennium before our era.

    A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

  • On the other hand, the dress and the shields of the men engaged in the lion-hunt are identical with those on a number of other "Mycenaean" articles -- gems, statuettes, etc. -- which it is difficult to regard as all of foreign importation.

    A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

  • Indeed, there are traces enough of change even in the objects and art discovered in the bloom-time, as represented by the Mycenaean acropolis itself and by other "Mycenaean" sites.

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

  • We may find "Mycenaean" corslets and greaves, but they are not in cremation burials.

    Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

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