Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937 · Manchester, The University press; London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company · leaf 263
culpture above the Lion Gate at Mycenae. The pillarform of the Great Mother heraldically supported by her lioness-avatars, whichcorrespond to the cattle of the design (/) and the Eastern Mountains of (<?).The use of this design above the lintel of the gate brings it into homologywith the Winged… … iMG. 26. THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE 189 of life and of wliich she kept the magic key. She was in fact thefeminine form of Janus, the doorkeeper who presided over all begin-nings, whether of birth, or of any kind of enterprise or new venture,or the commencement of the year (like Hathor). Janus was…
