Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 744
Fig. 523. Fig. 5^4- priestesses bearing the double axe and the sacred robe of theirgoddess. Or should we rather say the sacred robe of their goddessand the double axe of their god 1 Two stone moulds found near Palaikastro in 1899 exhibit awhole series of designs relating to the Cretan axe-cult^… … Fig. 525. 1 Sir A. J. Evans in the Ann. Brit. Sch. Ath. 1901 —1902 viii. loi f. fig. 59 ( = myfig. 523, scale fi speaks of the figure on this intaglio, found near the Court of the OilSpout in the Cnossian palace, as apparently a female divinity. But why ? 2 D. G. Hogarth in \hQ Jotirn. Hell. Stud.…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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