. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. esays, was confined within celle entrigade meson faitepar Dedalus, merveilleux maquanit, lequelle meson futnommee Labarinte et aujourduy par moultz est vul-guelmant appelle le cipte de Troie. 156. It would seem from the latter observation that theexpression Troy-town or City of Troy was in generaluse 500 years ago as a title for theCretan Labyrinth, and seeing thatthe renaissance of classical learningwas as yet in embryo the inferenceis that the name was a popular tra-dition of some antiquity. We find the name of Troy
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. esays, was confined within celle entrigade meson faitepar Dedalus, merveilleux maquanit, lequelle meson futnommee Labarinte et aujourduy par moultz est vul-guelmant appelle le cipte de Troie. 156. It would seem from the latter observation that theexpression Troy-town or City of Troy was in generaluse 500 years ago as a title for theCretan Labyrinth, and seeing thatthe renaissance of classical learningwas as yet in embryo the inferenceis that the name was a popular tra-dition of some antiquity. We find the name of Troy defi-nitely associated with the labyrinthlong before this, however, in thecrude engravings on the Etrus-can wine-jar which we noticed inChapter VIII., the oinochoe fromTragliatella. The meaning of these figures(Figs. 133, 134 and 135) has beenmuch discussed, but it is now gen-erally agreed that the labyrinthshown has a close relationship with the operations whichare being performed by the group of armed men, and itis obvious that it is also connected in some way with the. Fig. 133.—EtruscanWine-vase from Tra-gliatella. (Deecke.)
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