How do you use Mycenean in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Mycenean meaning
Alternative spelling of Mycenaean.
Using Mycenean
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of Mycenaean.
- In the example corpus, mycenean often appears in combinations such as: the mycenean, mycenean greek.
Context around Mycenean
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mycenean
- In this selection, "mycenean" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, large, greek, origin and drinking stand out and add context to how "mycenean" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a large mycenean palace dating and and the mycenean world. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mycenean" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mycenean
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
George Mylonas (1966), Mycenae and the Mycenean world. (8 words)
This quality was considered to be highly admirable in the Mycenean era, with the hero Odysseus being the embodiment of it. (21 words)
Blegen called the remains of a large Mycenean palace dating from 1300 BC. found there the " Palace of Nestor ", after the Homeric poems. (23 words)
This obviously would not work well for English, but was done in Mycenean Greek when the root word was two or three syllables long and the syllable coda was a weak consonant such as n or s (example: χρυσος chrysos written as ku-ru-so). (45 words)
As well as the names of some Greek gods in the Mycenean Greek inscriptions, also appear names of goddesses, like "the divine Mother" (the mother of the gods) or "the Goddess (or priestess) of the winds", who don't have Mycenean origin. (42 words)
A number of drinking vessels and bones of sheep and goats from the Late Helladic period indicates that the altar was the site of Mycenean drinking and feasting rituals, probably in honor of Zeus. (34 words)
Example sentences (7)
As well as the names of some Greek gods in the Mycenean Greek inscriptions, also appear names of goddesses, like "the divine Mother" (the mother of the gods) or "the Goddess (or priestess) of the winds", who don't have Mycenean origin.
A number of drinking vessels and bones of sheep and goats from the Late Helladic period indicates that the altar was the site of Mycenean drinking and feasting rituals, probably in honor of Zeus.
Blegen called the remains of a large Mycenean palace dating from 1300 BC. found there the " Palace of Nestor ", after the Homeric poems.
George Mylonas (1966), Mycenae and the Mycenean world.
The name pais (the divine child) appears in the Mycenean inscriptions., and the ritual indicates the transition from the old funerary practices to the Greek cremation.
This obviously would not work well for English, but was done in Mycenean Greek when the root word was two or three syllables long and the syllable coda was a weak consonant such as n or s (example: χρυσος chrysos written as ku-ru-so).
This quality was considered to be highly admirable in the Mycenean era, with the hero Odysseus being the embodiment of it.
Common combinations with mycenean
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: