Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 433
the designas a circular labyrinth. The whole idea of the thing was copied from thefamous Labyrinth in Egypt, which perhaiJS was perfect in the time of Herodotos,just when these coins were struck, and was swept off the earth some centuriesafter, the stone being used to build Alexandria. This was… … Crete—Chebsoxesus, the Port of Lyttos. the Fayum. The original Egyptian temple, which the Greeks called a labyrinth,was built in the Twelfth Dynasty, about 2650 B.C. Whatever the one in Cretewas, it must have been a copy in name alone. No Cretan had ever seen whatit was like. Herodotos saw the…
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