The palaces of Crete and their builders . s that Aphrodite was born of thesea-foam, and modern science, confirmmg this poetic idea, tellsus that the sea is the origin of life and that within it are to befound progenitors of all animal species. Diodorus Siculus irecognised the importance of Crete as the cradle of Hellenicreligion when he wrote : Ihe Cretans assert that honours paid tothe gods, sacrifices and initiation into the mysteries are Cretandiscoveries which were borrowed by other peoples. jvojwan in the ancient religions 273 Artemis was the goddess who represented Nature as feminine,the
The palaces of Crete and their builders . s that Aphrodite was born of thesea-foam, and modern science, confirmmg this poetic idea, tellsus that the sea is the origin of life and that within it are to befound progenitors of all animal species. Diodorus Siculus irecognised the importance of Crete as the cradle of Hellenicreligion when he wrote : Ihe Cretans assert that honours paid tothe gods, sacrifices and initiation into the mysteries are Cretandiscoveries which were borrowed by other peoples. jvojwan in the ancient religions 273 Artemis was the goddess who represented Nature as feminine,the teeming Earth, the type of health and vigour, as Homersays. Rhea was the mother of Zeus, and the worship of theMater Deorum took its origin in Crete. A bas-relief in theVatican represents a High Priestess of the Great Mother, inwhose honour the Romans coined money and celebrated asolemn festival in the month of April. In 1903 Arthur Evans made a series of memorable discoverieswhich add greatly to our knowledge of Minoan religion. In the.
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