Mycenae only took up half a day and for the second half we went to Epidaurus. Often known as the birthplace of medicine, apparently it would be more accurate to describe it as the birthplace of psychiatry, because of the holistic nature of the treatments that were undertaken. Whichever description you go for though, it has to be said that it is a beautiful place, perhaps the nicest natural setting for anything that we saw in Greece.
Part of the prescribed treatment for patients here was attending plays, which means that it had to have a theatre. It seems the acoustics are amazing - we did have to play a little game to demonstrate how amazing they are, but I'm afraid my attention had wandered by that point; of all the bossy guides we had during the week the one who took us to Mycenae and Epidaurus was the worst and I had lost patience with pandering to her by he time it came to her explanations of the acoustics. I'm sorry I can't explain it to you; there again, if you're bothered, you cold always Google it.
Meanwhile here is a picture of part of the theatre. I hope it gives some idea of how beautiful the place is.
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