The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 95^1.—BULL-GRAPPLIXG OXTHE SEAL OF A BRACELETFOUXD BY DR. EVAXS. BULL-GRAPPLING 215 and facing the furious animal, they take her by the horns andallow themselves to be carried on, turn aside the cow which triesto gore them with her horns, and spring upon her back or jumpover her, while the crowd applauds. IJI. The horse did not exist in Crete in the Minoan period, andthe horse being absent we can understand the development otgymnastic games with bulls, or the taurokathapsia, as the Greeks. FIG. 95/?.—BULL-GRAPPLIXG ON THE INTAGLIO OF A KIXGIN THE
The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 95^1.—BULL-GRAPPLIXG OXTHE SEAL OF A BRACELETFOUXD BY DR. EVAXS. BULL-GRAPPLING 215 and facing the furious animal, they take her by the horns andallow themselves to be carried on, turn aside the cow which triesto gore them with her horns, and spring upon her back or jumpover her, while the crowd applauds. IJI. The horse did not exist in Crete in the Minoan period, andthe horse being absent we can understand the development otgymnastic games with bulls, or the taurokathapsia, as the Greeks. FIG. 95/?.—BULL-GRAPPLIXG ON THE INTAGLIO OF A KIXGIN THE MUSEUM AT ATHENS. called it. In Fig. 98, a seal found in Crete, we see one of thegigantic bulls used in the taurokathapsia. The anatomy of thisbull is worked out with great perfection, although it is an intaglioin hard stone. The Italian Archaeological Mission found at Hagia Triadathe bones of the skull, with the frontal protuberances, ot a horny material is destroyed and the bone which filled itis left. This horn, 40 centimetres in length, measures 30 centimetresin circumference at the thickest part. Such horns are no longer 2i6 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS seen in Crete, they belong to bos primigenius, which still exists inthe Roman Campagna, in Umbria, in some Cantons of Switzerland,and in Economic conditions put an end to this breed ; there were nogreat pastures, and the forest being destroyed, man found it moreprofitable to multiply the smaller beasts, which were cheaper andeasier to feed. The o
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