Ancient Greece; a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great (1913)
Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard), b. 1846 · New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company · leaf 110
ANCIENT GREECE In the great Palace of Cnossus this Labrys, or double axe, is to be seen on many a pillar or block, and it can scarcely be … the combined godhead of Sun and Moon, or of the ancient Cretan Earth-goddess and the Cretan Zeus. The symbol is not confined to Crete. It may be seen on Carian and other coins (Plates 1. 5 and V. 2). Besides the horns and the axe we find the pillar — evidently also a symbol of divine presence, as…
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