Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 205
ean religion,and is possibly a record of the sacrifices. At Hagia Triadamany oxen of bronze were discovered, and I give one which wasfound by Dr. Pernier (Fig. 87). Instead of a live calf, it wasmore economical to offer up one of bronze, terracotta, or porce-lain, with gilded horns. Figures of oxen… … FIG. 87.—BROXZE FIGURE OF A CALF FOUXl) IX THE VILLAOF HAGIA TRIADA. the images were the sign of the sacrifice ; the Egyptian, on theother hand, deified and adored animals from the bull Apis to thecrocodile, from the hawk and the ibis to the lion, the jackal, andthe monkey. The study of religions…
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