Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . according to tradition, theinfant Zeus had been suckled by the goat cave on Lasithi was the rival shrine, also connectedwith the worship of Zeus, which was known in antiquityas the Dictaean ; Dikte being the mountainous andthen thickly wooded eastern district of the island. East of Dikte proper, the massif of Lasithi, lay theland of the Eteocretans, who still in classical days spokeno Greek. Here, on a conical hill, blocking thesouthern end of the open valley of Siteia, which stillbears its ancient name
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . according to tradition, theinfant Zeus had been suckled by the goat cave on Lasithi was the rival shrine, also connectedwith the worship of Zeus, which was known in antiquityas the Dictaean ; Dikte being the mountainous andthen thickly wooded eastern district of the island. East of Dikte proper, the massif of Lasithi, lay theland of the Eteocretans, who still in classical days spokeno Greek. Here, on a conical hill, blocking thesouthern end of the open valley of Siteia, which stillbears its ancient name (t^? Ire/ay), the indefatigableSpratt had identified the site of Praisos, the Eteocretancapital. And here an expedition of the British School atAthens got to work. It discovered few prehistoric re-mains, but among the trophies of later times were two in-scriptions, supplementing a first which had been foundpreviously, in the non-Hellenic tongue of the Eteo-cretans. The oldest of the inscriptions dates from thesixth century ; the youngest from the third; the PLATE XI.
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