Page 265 INDEX

A

Aahmes, founder of Eighteenth Dynasty, 147

Abnub, 82, 155, 203

Abydos: First Dynasty graves at, 142, 191; Twelfth Dynasty grave at, 150, 199

Achæans: position of, in Homeric poems, 23; manners of, 26; invasion of Greece, 62; influence of, on Cretan customs, 178; conquest of Mycenæ, 182; modifications of Minoan religion by, 247

Achilles: arms of, 27; shield of, 27, 28, 58, 74

Ægean, 13

Ægeus, King of Athens, 10-13

Agamemnon, Tomb of, 37, 42, 43, 45, 46

Agriculture, Minoan, 226

Aigaios, Mount, 136

Aithra, mother of Theseus, 11

Akhenaten, 163, 173, 174, 185, 208

Alabastron of Khyan, 93

Alcinous, Palace of, 25, 26, 47, 49, 56

Altar: in Dictæan Cave, 137; at Shaft-Graves, 251

Amaltheia, 7, 111

Amenemhat III., 150; Labyrinth of, 150-155; pyramid of, 47; cylinders of, 199

Amenhotep, II., 174

Amenhotep III., 158, 162, 173, 174, 184, 185, 208

Amen-Ra, statuette of, in Dictæan Cave, 137

Amor, Amorites, 165

Amorgos, 193

Anatolia, 6; Minoan settlements in, 184

Androgeos, son of Minos, 10

Andromache, 24, 41

Aniconic worship, 245, 246

Aphrodite: aspect of Cretan goddess, 104, 122; identified with Minoan goddess, 247

Aqayuasha invade Egypt, 164

Archon, the King, 108

Argives, 166

Argolid: place of, in Greek history, 22; conquest of, by Achæans, 182

Ariadne, 3, 179; flees with Theseus and deserted by him, 13; Choros of, at Knossos, 103; title of Cretan goddess, 104, 122

Aristides, 'The Unjust,' 240

Armour: Homeric, 26-28, 61; Mycenæan, 61

Army, Minoan, 225, 226

Arrows, deposits of, at Knossos, 110, 225

Artemis Dictynna, aspect of Cretan goddess, 122, 247

Asia, community of religious conceptions between Crete and, 141

Athens: conquered by Minos, 10, 170; place in Homeric poems, 21

Atlantis, Plato's legend of, 257-259

Atreus, Treasury of, 43, 46-48

Axos, 166

B

Babylonia, relations with Crete, 139-142

Page 266 Bacchylides, legend of Theseus and the ring of Minos, 13

Basilica, origin of, 108

Bathroom of Queen's Megaron, 95

Beak-jugs=schnabelkanne, q.v.

Beehive chamber at Knossos, 113, 114

Beehive tombs: at Mycenæ, 46-48, 56; at Orchomenos, 48, 56; at Phæstos, 229

Bliss finds Minoan pottery at Telles-Safi, 167

Boghaz-Keui, treaty between Hittites and Egyptians discovered at, 162

Bosanquet, Mr.: Minoan purple, 133; marine decoration, 204

Boxer Vase, the, 124, 169, 172, 204

Boxing, Minoan, 103

Breasted, H., Egyptian chronology, 148

Britomartis, 122

Bronze, use of, for weapons, 27, 60, 228

Browne, H., 'Homeric Study,' 30-32, 62

Bucchero: deposit of, at Knossos, 66, 189, 191; at Abydos, 142, 143

Bügelkanne=stirrup-vases, q.v.

Bull: fresco of, at Tiryns, 49, 90; at Knossos, 66; relief of, at Knossos, 77, 78, 172; fresco, 88, 89

Bull-god, 105, 252, 253

Bull-grappling, 88-91, 257, 258

Bunarbashi, supposed site of Troy, 38

Burial, 58-60

Burrows, Professor: quoted, 88, 98, 99, 108, 109, 122, 174, 177; Minoan art in Egypt, 185

Button seals, 143, 194

Byblos, Wen-Amon at, 186

C

Callimachus, character of Cretans, 8

Carians expelled by Minos, 9

Carpenter, tools of, 221, 222

Chariots, 225

Cherethites=Cretans, 168

Chieftain Vase, the, 125, 126, 172, 204, 213

Choros built by Dædalus at Knossos, 14

Chronology, Egyptian and Minoan, 147 et seq.

Cilicia, 229

Circle-Graves=Shaft-Graves, 43-46, 172, 205; steles of, 182; altars at, 251

Cists in Temple Repositories, 105

Colonnades, Hall of, 85

Cooking utensils, 218

Copper: export of, 223; use of, in beaten work, 229

Corinth in Homeric poems, 21

Cornaro describes ruins at Knossos, 63

Court: Western, Knossos, 66, 83, 84; Central, Knossos, 68, 70, 85; of the Olive Spout, 88

Cremation, 58-60

Critias, the, legend of Atlantis, 257-259

Cross in Snake Goddess shrine, 107

Cuirass. See Armour

Cuneiform, 81, 142

Cup-Bearer: Fresco of, 67, 68, 173, 206; dress of, 213, 214

Currelly, Mr., 124, 133, 236

Curtius on Treasury of Atreus, 48

Cyclades, 9; influence on Minoan art, 193

Cyprus, 51, 157; Minoan civilization in, 145, 185; export of copper, 223

D

Dædalus, 3; builds Labyrinth, 10, 14; flees to Sicily, 14, 15; makes Choros at Knossos, 103

Daggers from Shaft-Graves, 57, 58

Dahshur, Egyptian jewellery from 229

Danaos, King of Argos and Rhodes 166

Danauna=Danaoi invade Egypt, 165, 166

Page 267 Dancing, Minoan, 103

Dancing-girls, fresco of, 220

Danubian civilization, 181, 182

David, 167, 168

Dawkins, Mr., 126

Dead, disposal of, 58-60, 178

Decimal system, Minoan, 238

Deir-el-Bahri: Eleventh Dynasty temple at, 154; Hatshepsut's temple at, 160; tomb of Senmut, 160

Demeter identified with Minoan goddess, 247

Determinatives in Minoan writing, 235, 240

Diana, of Ephesus, 111

Dictæan Cave, 7, 8, 64, 70, 136, 137, 247, 254

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 136

Dionysos, 252

Disc, hieroglyphic, of Phæstos, 121, 241, 242

Dolphin Fresco, 224

Dor, 187

Dorian (Dorians): conquest, 2, 4, 33, 62; invasion of Crete, 178, 210

Dörpfeld, Professor, discovers Sixth City of Troy, 40, 41, 50, 51

Double Axe, 246; pillars of, at Knossos, 70; emblem of Divinity, 70;

of Zeus of Labraunda, 70; at Gournia, 130; in Dictæan Cave, 137; on

sarcophagus, 250; Hall of the, 86, 120; in shrines at Knossos, 100, 105

Drainage: at Knossos, 98, 99; at Hagia Triada, 129

Dress: of Minoan women, 73; of men, 74, 213-216

Dungeons of Knossos, 90, 91, 104

Dynasties, Egyptian: First, date of, 148; Third, 146; Fifth, 146; Sixth, 143, 149; Twelfth, 148, 150-155, 199; Thirteenth, 200; Seventeenth, 158, 200; Eighteenth, 158-163; Nineteenth, 163

E

Egypt: relations of, with Crete, 139; chronology of, 147 et seq.

Electrum, 229

Enkomi, 51

Epeus, 103

Erman Egyptian chronology, 148

Ethiopia, King of, obliged to slay himself at command of priests, 254

Europa, mother of Minos, 7, 8, 136

Euryalus, 103

Evans, A. J., 1, 2; purchases hill of Kephala, 64, 65; discoveries at Knossos, 65-116; derivation of Labyrinth, 71; on relief of bull's head, 77, 78; on tablets of Knossos, 79, 80; drains at Knossos, 99; bull's head rhyton, 113; restoration of Queen's Megaron, 115; 'Scripta Minoa' quoted, 121; excavations at Zafer Papoura, 134; at Isopata, 135; Minoan chronology, 149; first destruction of Knossos, 171; date of sack of Knossos, 174; growth of Cretan legends, 179, 180; classification of Minoan periods, 190; origin of spiral, 194; decline of Minoan oil-trade, 222; Minoan writing, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237-238, 239, 240

F

Fetish shrine at Knossos, 111, 237, 245

Fibula, use of, in late Minoan III., 178

Fig-tree, 227

Figurines: ivory, at Knossos, 96; faïence, 105, 106, 156; banjo, 193

Flute on Hagia Triada sarcophagus, 127, 128

Fortifications: of Knossos, 74, 75, 76; of Tiryns and Mycenæ, 75, 138

Page 268 Fresco (Frescoes): bull at Tiryns, 49; at Knossos, 66; Procession at Knossos, 66; Cup-Bearer, 67, 68, 173, 206; of Throne Room, 71, 72; Blue Boy, 73, 90, 172, 202; miniature, 73, 74, 172, 173, 206; toreador, 88, 89; bird, 95, 220; dancing-girls, 220; Dolphin, 224.

Frieze (Friezes): at Tiryns, 49, 56; at Knossos, 56

G

Gallery, the Long, 68-70

Gaming Board, the King's, Knossos, 87, 88, 204

Garstang, Professor, Kamares vase at Abydos, 150, 199

Gath=Tell-es-Safi, q.v.

Gaza, 10

Gezer, Minoan pottery at, 140

Gilliéron, M., reconstruction of relief, 93

God, Minoan: insignificance of, 247; identified with Zeus, 247

Goddess: seal-impression of, 94; Dove Goddess, 100, 107, 245; Snake, 105-107, 130, 156, 245; Minoan supreme deity, 244; representations of, 245, 246; identified with Greek goddesses, 246, 247

Gold: abundance of, in Shaft-Graves, 44, 45 ; absence of, at Knossos, 77

Goldsmith's work at Mokhlos, 134

Gortyna, stele of, 182

Gournia: Minoan houses at, 97, 130, 131, 216; shrine at, 107, 130, 245; Minoan town, 129-132; sack of, 131; stirrup-vases at, 205; furnace near, 228; linear script at, 236

Grote denies historicity of Greek legends, 3, 17

H

Haa-ab-ra, 169

Hagia Triada: Boxer rhyton, 103; villa at, 122; artistic work, 122, 203; vases of, 123-126; sarcophagus, of, 127-129; sanitation of, 129; sack of, 175, 176; bee-hive tomb at, 192; dress on fresco from, 215; linear script at, 235, 236

Hagios Onouphrios, deposita at, 192

Halbherr, Professor: work at Phæstos, 118; discovery of copper at Hagia Triada, 223

Hall of Colonnades, Knossos, 85; of Double Axes, Knossos, 86

Hall, H. R., 155; origin of spiral, 48, 143, 193; sea-route to Egypt, 145; on Labyrinth, 153; Keftiu in tomb of Rekh-ma-ra, 161; identification of Uashasha, 166; Minoan influence on Egyptian art, 185

Hall, Miss, origin of spiral, 193

Harrison, Miss J., on the Minotaur legend, 252

Harvester Vase, the, 124, 125, 129, 172, 204, 213, 226

Hatshepsut, 158, 160, 208, 223

Hawara, Labyrinth at, 150-155

Hawes, Mrs.: carpenters' tools at Gournia, 222; discoveries at Gournia, 97, 107, 129, 130; sack of Knossos, 174

Hector, 41; slays Periphetes, 61; shield of, 61

Helmet. See Armour

Hephæstos makes arms of Achilles, 27, 28

Hera identified with Minoan goddess, 247

Herakleids, return of, 2

Her-hor, 186, 187

Herodotus: on sea-power of Minos, 9, 76, 256; Labyrinth at Hawara, 151, 152;

Greek settlement in Crete, 180

Hesiod: legend of Kronos, 111, 136

Hieroglyphics: Minoan, 64, 78; Egyptian and Hittite, 64, 80, 81

Hilprecht, 141

Hissarlik, site of Troy, 37, 51

Hittites: Treaty with Egypt, 162; absorbed in advance of sea-peoples, 164

Page 269 Hogarth, D. G.: quoted, 20; duration of Mycenæan civilization, 51, 52; on bull's head rhyton, 113; excavations at Zakro, 133, 224; at Dictæan Cave, 136, 137; Greek settlement in Crete, 180; geometric vases of Iron Age, 183, 184; Minoan craftsmanship, 207

Homeric civilization, 21-33; houses, 25, 55; crafts in, 56-58; disposal of dead, 58

Homeric poems, 20; geography of, 54; houses in, 25, 55; crafts in, 56-58

'Horns of consecration,' 94, 95, 100, 130, 246, 249, 250

Horse on seal-impression at Knossos, 112

Houses: Minoan, 97, 216-218; at Gournia, 130, 131; fabric of, 217

Hyksos, 93, 94, 155, 157, 200, 203

Hyria, foundation of, 15

I

Ialysos, Late Minoan III. work at, 209

Icarus, son of Dædalus, 14

Ida, Mount, 92; Kamares cave on, 197

Idæan Cave, 7; bronzes of, 183, 184

Idomeneus in Iliad, 22

Illahun, 97

Imadua, tomb of, 163

Incised ornament, 189, 192, 193

Iron: use of for weapons, 27, 60; in Late Minoan III., 178

Irus, 103

Isopata, royal tomb at, 135, 136, 156, 203

Ittai, Captain of David's bodyguard, 168

J

Jacob, sacred pillar of, at Bethel, 246

Jade, white, discovered at Troy, 140

Juktas, Mount: tomb of Zeus on, 7, 63; springs on, 110

K

Kahun: Twelfth Dynasty town at, 116; papyrus, 148; Kamares ware at, 150, 199

Kairatos River, 76, 176

Kalochærinos, excavations at Knossos, 64

Kamares ware, 92, 118, 120, 137, 150, 172, 197-199

Kamikos besieged by Minos, 15

Kaphtor=Crete and Kefti, 166

Karnak, 151

Kaselles at Knossos, 69

Keftiu, the, 158-163, 259

Kephala, site of Palace of Knossos, 64, 65

Kerkuon slain by Theseus, 11

Khyan: alabastron of, 93, 157, 203; lion of, 157

King, Minoan, relation to religion, 248, 251-255

Kokalos, King of Kamikos, 14

Klytemnestra, Treasury of, 48

Knossos, 5; in Iliad, 22; Palace of, 63-116; ruins at, 63, 64; Neolithic remains at, 66; fortifications of, 74, 75; sack of, 86; Royal Villa, 107-109; Minoan road, 110; Little Palace, 110-113; beehive chamber, 113, 114; Queen's Megaron, 115, 116; sack of, 173-176; reoccupation of, 176, 177, 210; first sack of, 199

Kouphonisi. See Leuke

Kronos, 6, 7, 111

Kuanos, 25, 49, 56, 58

L

Labrys: name of Double Axe, 70; derivation of Labyrinth, 71, 100

Labyrinth, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18; derivation of name, 71, 153; beehive chamber, Knossos, 114; Minoan and Egyptian Labyrinths, 150-155

Lamp, stone, in Royal Villa, 108, 221

Page 270 Lang, Mr. A., Minoan swords, 135

Layard, 140

Legends of Crete, 6-18

Leuke, deposit of purple shell at, 133

Libation table: of Dictæan Cave, 64, 236, 251; of Palaikastro, 236

Light-wells, 217, 220

Linear Script: Class A, 202, 204, 234-236; Class B, 205, 207, 236, 238

Lion Gate, 42-43, 94, 100, 246

Loin-cloth, 213

Loom-weights, 228; at Gournia, 131

Lotus, Minoan use of, 204

Lucian, 136

Lucretius, 136

Luqsor, 151

Lycian pirates, 184

Lyre on Hagia Triada sarcophagus, 127, 128

Lyttos, 136

M

Macalister finds Minoan pottery at Tell-es-Safi, 167

Mackenzie, Dr.: decay of Minoan art, 177; naturalism in Minoan art, 196, 201; character of Minoan religion, 248, 249; Minoan bathrooms, 252

Magazines at Knossos, 68, 69

Mahler, Egyptian chronology, 148

Manetho, history of, 147

Manolis, 68

Mecca, 111

Medinet Habu, reliefs at, 121, 164, 165, 181

Mediterranean race, 212

Megara conquered by Minos, 10, 170

Megaron: Queen's, 95, 115, 116, 220, 221; of Phæstos, 120

Melos, 51, 193

Menelaus, 15, 23; Palace of, 25

Mentuhotep Neb-hapet-Ra, Temple of, 78, 154

Merenptah, 164

Meriones in Iliad, 22

Messara Valley, 117

Metal-working: Homeric and Mycenæan, 56-58; at Knossos, 109

Meyer, Egyptian chronology, 148

Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 82, 93, 94, 150-155

Minoa, 10, 15

Minoan culture: date of beginning of, 147-149; periods of—Early Minoan I., Middle Minoan II., 149, 150-155; Middle Minoan III., 155-157; Late Minoan I., 158; Late Minoan III., pottery of, in Palestine, 167; Middle Minoan II., catastrophe at close of, 170; Early Minoan I., 190, 191; Early Minoan II., 191, 192; Early Minoan III., 192-194; Middle Minoan I., 194-197; Middle Minoan II., 197-200; Middle Minoan III., 200-203; Late Minoan I., 203-205; Late Minoan II., 205-208; Late Minoan III., 208-210; wide diffusion of products of, 209

Minoans: physical characteristics, 211-213; dress, 213-216; houses of, 216-218

Minos: legends of, 3-18; birth of, 7; association with Zeus, 8, 253; Sea-King, 9; conquers Megara and Athens, 10; pursues Dædalus, 14; death of, 15; and Zeus, 105, 136; laws of, 136

Minotaur, 3, 10, 49, 258; relation of legend to Minoan religion, 256

Minyas, Treasury of, 48

Mitanni, 185

Mokhlos: excavations at, 40; necropolis at, 133, 134, 143; gold ring from, 223

Mortars, 227

Mosso, 112, 120; drainage at Hagia Triada, 129; Minoan democracy, 230;

Minoan bath rooms, 252

Mother: the Great, at Rome, 111; Anatolian, 122; Minoan, 244-247

Mouliana, tombs at, 59

Page 271 Murex, 133, 222

Murray, Professor: name of Minos, 8; worship of bull-god in Crete, 253

Mycenæ, 1, 5; in Homeric poems, 22; Lion Gate of, 42, 43; Treasuries of, 42, 43, 46-48; Shaft-Graves, 43-46

Mycenæan civilization, 5, 6; extent of, 50, 51; duration of, 51, 52; inspiration of, 52-54; relation to Homeric civilization, 54-62; crafts of, 56-58; disposal of dead, 58-60

Myres, Mr. J. L.: discovery of Kamares ware, 92, 197; figurines at Petsofa, 132

N

Naturalism, development of, 196, 201

Nausicaa, 24, 26

Naville, excavations at Deir-el-Bahri, 78

Necho, fleet of, circumnavigates Africa, 259

Neolithic Period at Knossos, 188-190

Nestor, 22; cup of, 56

Niffur, 1; drainage at, 141

Nimrûd, carved ivories at, 140

O

Odysseus, 22; palace of, 25; versatility of, 26; brooch of, 56; defeats Irus, 103

Olive-oil, export of, 222

Olive Press, Room of the, 222

Olive Spout, Court of the, 88

Olive-tree, 227

Olympiad, First, 2, 52

Opening the mouth, Egyptian funerary ceremony, 128, 251

Orchomenos, 5; in Homeric poems 22, Treasury of Minyas, 48

P

Palace, Homeric, 25, 55

Palace, the Little, 111

Palaikastro, 124; Minoan town at, 132; deposit of purple shell at, 133; houses at, 216, 217; Linear Script at, 236

Papyrus: Turin, 148; Kahun, 148; Golenischeff, 186

Pashley describes ruins at Knossos, 63

Pasiphae, wife of Minos, 10, 18, 252

Paul, St., Epistle to Titus, 8

Pausanias, on Tomb of Agamemnon, 37, 42, 43

Pelasgi, 161, 167

Pelethites=Philistines, 168

Peloponnese, 6

Pen, the, used in Minoan writing, 241

Penelope, 24

Pepy, statue of, 113

Percentages on Minoan tablets, 238

Perdix slain by Dædalus, 14

Periphetes slain by Hector, 61

Pernier, Dr., stele at Gortyna, 182; work at Phrestos, 118

Perrot, M., Minoan writing, 233

Petrie, Professor: discovers Ægean remains in Egypt, 51; plan of Egyptian town, 97; Egyptian Sed Festival, 255; identification of Zakkaru, 166; Egyptian chronology, 194, 199; Minoan pottery at Abydos, 142, 191; sea-route between Crete and Egypt, 144, 145; Egyptian chronology, 148; Kamares ware at Kahun, 150

Petsofa: figurines, 126, 132, 195, 213, 215; votive offerings at, 168

Phæstos, 5; in Homeric poems, 117; discovery of Palace, 118; Theatral Area, 118, 119; destruction of palace, 119; staircase, 120; Megaron, 120; Central Court, 120; hieroglyphic disc, 121, 122; lords of, destroy Knossos, 171; sack of, 175, 176; earliest buildings at, 197; first sack of Knossos, 200; beehive tombs at, 229; Linear Script at, 236

Page 272 Philistines: on reliefs at Medinet Habu, 121;9 invade Egypt, 165, 166, 186; settle in Palestine, 166-169

Phœnicians: relation to Minoan culture, 53; invention of alphabet, 64; writing, 81, 243; purple dye of, 132, 133; not the Keftiu, 159

Phylakopi, 51; Linear Script at, 236

Pictographs: beginnings of, 194; decline of, 202, 204; development of, 234

Pillars, sacred, 70, 246

Piracy in Homeric poems, 22

Pithoi, 64, 69, 202, 206

Pits. See Dungeons

Plato, legend of Atlantis, 257-259

Pliny, Labyrinth of Hawara, 152

Plutarch, story of Theseus, 103

Polychrome ware, 104, 132, 172; beginnings of, 194, 195; development of, 197-199

Polycrates, sea-power of, 9

Polyphemus, 22

Porcelain plaques on chest, 97

Portico: southern, Knossos, 68; western, 66, 83, 84

Potter's wheel, introduction of, 193

Præsians, account of Greek settlement in Crete, 180

Præsos, 15

Priam, Palace of, 25, 39; Treasure of, 38, 39, 40, 41

Priestesses (Priests) in Minoan religion, 251

Procession, Corridor of the, Knossos, 67

Proclus, portraits of men of Atlantis in Egypt, 259

Procrustes slain by Theseus, 11

Psamtek I., 152, 169

Psychro, 136

Pulosathu = Philistines, q.v.

Punt, Egyptian voyages to, 146

Purple, 133, 222

Q

Querns, Minoan, 227

R

Rahotep, statue of, 113

Ramesseum, 151

Ramses II., Treaty with Hittites, 162

Ramses III.: reliefs of, 121, 181; victory over sea-peoples, 164-166

Rekh-ma-ra, tomb of, 160-162, 207, 208, 214, 223, 259

Religion, Minoan: supreme goddess in, 244, 245; representations of goddess, 245-246; identification of, with Greek goddesses, 246, 247; Minoan god identified with Zeus, 247; absence of temples, 248; family worship, 248; shrines 249, 250; sacrifice and ritual, 250, 251; place of King in, 251-255

Rhea, 6, 7, 111, 122, 136; identified with Minoan goddess, 247

Rhiphæan Mountains, 3

Rhodes, Late Minoan III. work in, 209

Rhyton: from Hagia Triada, 103; bull's head, from Knossos, 113

Ripple ornament, 190

Road, Minoan at Knossos, 110

Rosetta Stone, 80, 162

S

Sack of Knossos, 86

Sacrifice in Minoan worship, 250, 252

Sagalassians=Shakalsha (?), 166

Sahura, King of Fifth Dynasty, 146

Sais, legend of Atlantis at, 257-259

Salamis, late Mycenæan graves at, 59

Samson, 167

Sarcophagus, the, Hagia Triada, 127-129, 213, 250, 251

Sardinia relics of Minoan civilization, 51

Sardinians, 212

Sat-Hathor, 155

Scæan Gate, 39

Page 273 Schliemann, 1, 2, 5; youth of, 34-36; excavates ancient Troy, 38-41, 227; Mycenæ, 42-48; discovers Shaft-Graves, 43-46; excavates Treasury of Atreus, 46-48; excavates at Orchomenos, 48; at Tiryns, 48, 49; considers excavations at Knossos, 64

Schnabelkanne, 39, 192

Script, Minoan, 64, 78-81; Linear, at Gournia, 131

Sculptor's workshop, 86, 87

Scylla betrays Megara, 10

Seager, excavations at Mokhlos, 40, 133, 134, 143

Seal-impressions at Zakro, 133

Seals: Minoan, 143; button, 143

Sea-power: of Minos, 9, 76; of Knossos, 76, 77

Seats, Minoan, 102

Sebek-user, statuette of, 82, 93, 155, 156, 203

'Sed' Festival in Egypt, 255

Sen-mut, tomb of, 160-162, 207, 208, 259

Senusert (Usertsen), II., III., 150; III., 199

Shakalsha invade Egypt, 165, 166

Shield. See Armour

Ships: Minoan, 112, 223; Egyptian, 144

Shoes, Minoan, 213, 214

Shrines: at Gournia, 130, 131, 250; at Knossos, 249, 250, 252

Sicilians, 212

Sicily, 10; relics of Minoan civilization in, 51, 184

Sickles, 226

Sikels=Shakalsha (?), 166

Sinnis slain by Theseus, 11

Sistrum on Harvester Vase, 125

Sitia, 214

Snake Goddess, 105-107, 245, 250; dress of votaress of, 215

Sneferu, King of Third Dynasty, 146

Socrates, 17

Solon, legend of Atlantis, 257-259

Spain, relics of Minoan civilization in, 51, 184, 210

Sparta in Homeric poems, 21

Spratt describes ruins at Knossos 63

Spiral, origin of, 48, 143, 144, 193, 194

Staircase: at Knossos, 85, 86; at Phæstos, 120

Steles of Shaft-Graves, 43

Stillman, 64

Stirrup vases: at Knossos, 81, 108; at Zafer Papoura, 134; tomb of Ramses III., 163; at Gournia and Hagia Triada, 205, 210; prevalence of, in Late Minoan III., 210

'Stoa Basilike,' 108

Suffixes in Minoan Script, 235

Swords: in Shaft-Graves, 44; iron, 60; bronze, at Zafer Papoura, 134, 135; iron, in Late Minoan III., 178; bronze, in Late Minoan I., 204; from Zafer Papoura, 206

T

Tablets, clay, of Knossos, 78-81, 110, 238 et seq.

Tahuti, 69

Tahutmes III., 158, 161, 208

Tahutmes IV., 174

Talent, Babylonian, at Knossos and Hagia Triada, 141

Tarentum, Late Minoan work at 209

Telemachus, 22, 23

Tell-el-Amarna: tablets of, 79; capital of Akhenaten, 163; Minoan pottery at, 185

Tell-es-Safi, Minoan pottery at, 140, 167

Temple repositories, 104-107, 172, 200

Temples: Egyptian, 25; absence of, in Minoan religion, 248

Terpander, invention of lyre, 128

Teumman, 225

Theatral Area: Knossos, 100-104; Phæstos, 101, 197

Thera, Linear Script at, 236

Page 274 Theseus, 3, 9; adventures of, 11; vanquishes Minotaur, 12, 13; marries and deserts Ariadne, 13; brings up ring of Minos, 13, 256

Throne, palace of Knossos, 72

Throne Room: decorations of, 72; impluvium in, 72; date of, 206

Thucydides on sea-power of Minos, 9, 76, 256

Timæus, the, legend of Atlantis, 257-259

Tiryns, 1, 5; in Homeric poems, 22; wall of, 49; frieze, 49; fresco of bull, 49

Tomb paintings, Egyptian, 74

Tools, carpenters' and smiths', at Gournia, 131, 221, 222

Torcello, Late Minoan work at, 209

Toreadors, 88-91; figurines of, 96

Trees, sacred, 245

Trickle ornament, 202, 203

Troy, I; siege of, 22; site of, 37; First City, 38; Second City, 39, 40, 140; Sixth City, 40, 41, 51

Tsountas, 50

Tyi, Queen, 185

U

Uashasha invade Egypt, 165, 166

V

Vaphio cups, 51, 109, 123, 161, 229

Vases: stone, at Knossos, 81, 86, 143; stirrup, 81, 108, 134; Kamares, 92; stone, at Mokhlos, 134, 143; at Isopata, 136

Vases à Étrier=stirrup vases, q.v.

Vasiliki, mottled ware of, 192

Venetian occupation, 63

Villa, Royal, at Knossos, 107-109, 246

Vine, 227

Virgil, 136

W

Water-lily cup, 198

Weaving, 227, 228

Wen-Amon, adventures of, 186, 187

Windows, 217

Women, position of, in Homeric poems, 24

Writing: beginnings of, in Ægean area, 80, 81; Phœnician, 81; Minoan, 234-243

Z

Zafer Papoura, swords from, 206

Zakkaru invade Egypt, 165, 166, 186, 187

Zakro: lotus vase from, 204; seals at, 133, 205, 224; houses at, 216; Minoan town at, 133; pottery at, 133; Zakkaru from, 166, 187; Linear Script at, 236

Zakru pirates, 187

Zeus: birth of, marriage of, to Europa, death and burial of, 7, 8; association with Minos, 8, 105, 136; Double Axe emblem, 70; of Labraunda, 70; fetish idol of, 111; associations with Dictæan Cave, 136, 247; identified with Minoan god, 247

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KEY TO NUMBERS

1. Northern Entrance and Portico.

2. Bastion and Guard-House.

3. Northern Piazza.

4. Room of the Flower Gatherer.

5. Room with Stirrup Vases, Walled Pit beneath.

6. Ante room to Throne Room.

7, 7. Throne Room with Tank.

8. Temple Repositories.

9, 9. East and West Pillar-Rooms.

10. Court of the Altar.

11. South Propylæum.

12. Corridor of the Cup Bearer.

13. Corridor of the Procession.

14. West Portico.

15. Long Gallery with Magazines on West Side.

16. North-West House with Bronze Vessels.

17. Northern Bath.

18. Deposit of Pictographic Tablets.

19. North-Eastern Magazines.

20. Corridor of the Draught-Board.

21. Room of the Olive Press.

23, 23. Hall of the Colonnades, with Light-Well.

24, 24, 24. Hall of the Double Axes, with Light-Well.

25, 25, 25, 25. Queen's Megaron, with Light-Wells.

26. Deposit of Ivory Figurines.

27, 27. Built Drains.

28. Court of the Sanctuary.

29. South-East House with Pillar-Room.

30. Court of the Oil-Spout.

31. Magazines with large Pithoi.

32. East Bastion.

33. Early Buildings, partly in continuous use.

34. Sculptor's Workshop (on upper floor).

A. Altar-Base in Central Court.

B. Shrine of the Snake Goddess.

C, D. Altar-Bases in West Court.

E. Shrine of Dove Goddess and Double Axes.

F. Altar-Base in Court of the Sanctuary.

G. Altar Base in Court of the Altar.