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
ject—for such it seems to be, asit was found in a shrine—is a crossof grey and yellow marble, which isexactly Hke a Christian cross oforthodox Greek shape, as SirArthur Evans says. A model ofthis cross may be seen in the BritishMuseum. Many rude idols have been found—mostly legless… … 29. Genii (Priests ?)WATERING Sacred Tree ANCIENT GREECE of bird, beast, and human being. Perhaps they were used ascharms.^ But the most important fact of this nature that has beenbrought to Hght by excavation is that the most ancient Cretandeity was a goddess whom we meet in Greek mythologyunder…
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