. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . Fig. 534. Griffin at a Flying Gallop on Dagger-blade, Fig. 535. Bird-Griffin. On Melian Vase of Early Middle Cycladic III Date. these lines, which had some relation to natural features in their originalform, into decorative coils that fall about the neck and spread along thelower part of the wings. The evidence supplied by the Melian ceramicdesign of the begfinnino- of the Third Cycladic Period, repeated in Fig-. 533, i, ^9°^^. , . .,
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . Fig. 534. Griffin at a Flying Gallop on Dagger-blade, Fig. 535. Bird-Griffin. On Melian Vase of Early Middle Cycladic III Date. these lines, which had some relation to natural features in their originalform, into decorative coils that fall about the neck and spread along thelower part of the wings. The evidence supplied by the Melian ceramicdesign of the begfinnino- of the Third Cycladic Period, repeated in Fig-. 533, i, ^9°^^. , . ., . GnfHns in clearly shows that these decorative coils were a characteristic of the Minoan FlyingGriffin with the flying gallop that supplied its prototype, and which, as ^ °^ already noted, is shown by the existence of this early derivative form to goup to within at least the lower limits of M. M. II. This elongated Griffin derived from the eagle became accreted to the F. LI. Griffith, Beni-Hasan, iii (Hiero- Sacred Hawk later, but there is no trace of glyphs), p. in the earlier types. 712 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. CrestedEagle-headedTypes. type appears on a gold plate^ and on a sword^ and dag
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