Ancient Greece : a sketch of its art, literature and philosophy, viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great (1915)
Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard), b. 1846 · Toronto : McAinsh · leaf 107
l 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 was probably the pillar set up by Jacob at Bethel. In the picture of the I^ion Gate at Mycenae (Fig. 2) and in… … 27. EARTH-GoDDKSS and lylONS THE AEGAEAN CIVILIZATION Another symbol, or sacred object, is a tree that remindsone somewhat of the ancient Babylonian and Biblical Tree of
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