Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . a ring from Mycenae^ hisdescent from the sky is shewn by hisfigure being made small, and amongsun, moon, and stars his long hairblows upwards, shewing descendingmovement. On the larnax we see him ^^•, ?^^vtT^^ Minoan . , 1 • 1 1 11 gcd Velcnanos (= agam, with enormous snieid, and his zeus - Poseidon?);hair streaming outwards and upwards lamax from Miiatosas he swiftly descends to He is (). Scale ^^.the young Zeus of Crete, the warrior whom the warriorKouretes sang to sleep with the clash of spear andsh
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . a ring from Mycenae^ hisdescent from the sky is shewn by hisfigure being made small, and amongsun, moon, and stars his long hairblows upwards, shewing descendingmovement. On the larnax we see him ^^•, ?^^vtT^^ Minoan . , 1 • 1 1 11 gcd Velcnanos (= agam, with enormous snieid, and his zeus - Poseidon?);hair streaming outwards and upwards lamax from Miiatosas he swiftly descends to He is (). Scale ^^.the young Zeus of Crete, the warrior whom the warriorKouretes sang to sleep with the clash of spear andshield, as the Salii of Rome danced also ; and he mayhave contributed to the later Greek conception of far-darting Apollo. On an electrum ring from Mycenaewe see the young god standing armed before the greatgoddess, who sits on a throne beneath the shade of atree. Sacred trees and stones {baetyli) were specially Art. Aegean Religion, Hastingss Encyclopaedia oj Religionand Ethics, I, p. 143^. * SCHUCHHARDT, Fig. 281. ^ Fig. 52, Evans, Prehistoric Tombs, Fig. 107, p.
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