. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ighly athletic figure of a pugilist who has just knockedout his opponent, while behind is a similar column with part of anotherimmediately superposed on the oblong block above it. This, as will beshown in a later Section of this work, corresponds with the structuralarrangement of the Grand Stands on either side of the Shrine on the Temple Fresco of Knossos, where pillars of the same peculiar characterare depicted. The Grand Stands there enabled
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . ighly athletic figure of a pugilist who has just knockedout his opponent, while behind is a similar column with part of anotherimmediately superposed on the oblong block above it. This, as will beshown in a later Section of this work, corresponds with the structuralarrangement of the Grand Stands on either side of the Shrine on the Temple Fresco of Knossos, where pillars of the same peculiar characterare depicted. The Grand Stands there enabled crowds of spectators tolook on at agonistic contests held, no doubt, in honour of the great MinoanI Yy Pugilistsand col-umn onSeal-im-pressions. Columnequiva-lent ofGrandStand orTheatre. 690 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. Goddess. Their insertion in these epitomized versions of the subject as seenon the rhytons and the gem impressions has thus a definite meaning. Theyare the symbols of the Minoan Theatre itself as a religious institution, justas the Doric or Ionic columns on Greek painted vases represent abbreviatedindications of the Temple or Fig. 511. Development of the Two Lower Zones of Steatite Rhyton from Hagia Triada. Fragmentof Knos-sianrhyton. The attitude of the pugilist on the seal-impression from the Repositoryis practically identical with that seen on a small steatite relief, Fig. 510,^belonging to a rhyton, found in the North-East Palace region, and the sceneson which the splendid example from Hagia Triada enables us to is a square break over the forehead which might suggest a helmet, butthe youths head seems in this case to have been uncovered like those of theboy boxers on the lower zone of the Hagia Triada rhyton (Fig. 511). On thesealing, as in the other cases, the pugilist holds out the left arm for defencewhile the right is drawn back as if about to deal a blow. Boxing gloves Knossos, Report, 1901, p. 95, Fig. 31, and see Vol. II. M. M. Ill:
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