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The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907)

Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 93

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lace. Fig. 40 shows this fivetimes larger than the original. The goldsmith has coveredit with designs of animals in relief, a scorpion, a spider, and aserpent. From this pendant we learn that at that time theheart was already looked on as the emblem of the passions.He who figured these symbols… … A MYCENAiAN VILLA 89 after the lapse of centuries rouse us to listen to the eternallanguage of love. IX. At the villa of Hagia Triada it is possible to obtain someknowledge of the commerce of the Mycenaean age through thetrade in bronzes and pottery carried on by the princes in theirseafaring…

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