Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 270
of themare double, that is to say, two sepias are always solderedtogether, so that the ornament represents a sepia on either I82 THE THIRD SEPULCHRE. [Chap. VII. side. The Mycenean goldsmith, always eager to converteverything into spirals, has done so here with all the feet ofthe sepias, every one… … No. 272. A Flying Griffin of Gold. Sepulchre III. Actual size. No. 272 represents a flying griffin of gold. Like No. 261, ithas the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle,and is ornamented with spirals. As it has no perforations,it must have been fastened with glue on the drapery. Of the…
