Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Greek bishopric. In 1878 a Cretan who bore thename of the legendary lawgiver, Minos Kalochairinos^had dug on the hill of Kephala, where tradition placedKnossos, and had found there some of the great fithoi,the huge jars for oil or wine which Evans since has foundstored in long lines (PILVIII, i; XXV, i) in the magazinesof the palace which he has uncovered, the Labyrinthitself. Kalochairinos, however, got nothing more ; oneof his pithoi now stands with the Cretan antiquities inthe First Vase Room of the British Museum
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Greek bishopric. In 1878 a Cretan who bore thename of the legendary lawgiver, Minos Kalochairinos^had dug on the hill of Kephala, where tradition placedKnossos, and had found there some of the great fithoi,the huge jars for oil or wine which Evans since has foundstored in long lines (PILVIII, i; XXV, i) in the magazinesof the palace which he has uncovered, the Labyrinthitself. Kalochairinos, however, got nothing more ; oneof his pithoi now stands with the Cretan antiquities inthe First Vase Room of the British Museum. SchHe-mann intended to follow up his work, but difficultiesensued with the Turkish authorities in the island withregard to the acquisition of the site, and death carriedhim off before he could get to work. We may—^with Hoeck, Kreta, Vorrede, p. S : Kretas Geschichte beginnt inso ferner Zeit, seine Glanzperiode gehort so hohen Alter an, dass esbereits schon sank, als das iibrige Hellas erst aufbliihte. ^ Milchhofer, Anjange der Kunst in Griechenland (1883). VJJJ.
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