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 111
THE AEGAEAN CIVILIZATION Another symbol, or sacred object, is a tree that reminds one somewhat of the ancient Babylonian and Biblical Tree of … 28. RiTuAiy Dance and Uprooting of Sacred Tree L,ife or of Knowledge. It occurs on gems and seals and in paintings (see Figs. 7 and 28). Sometimes it is being watered by grotesque genii, or is being uprooted by a priest, or it bears great bunches of fruit like dates, which in one case are being…
Art · Greek literature · Philosophy, Ancient
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