Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 432
ago, in Sicily. The earliest coin of Cnosos[No. 573] has a labyrinth of cruciform shape, with a head of Demeter—fairwork for such an early date. It is evident that the engravers of this and theother two following had no idea of giving a picture of the Labyrinth. They aremerely meant to express an… … Crete—Poro, the ancient Olontion (Olus). It is evident that the Labyrinth, whatever it was, had disappeared. It wasonly a tradition of some mysterious structure with many passages, known to havebeen at Cnosos in days gone b}. For in later times the coins bear the designas a circular labyrinth. The…
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