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132 THE LABYRINTH AND THE MINOTAUR
forms Athens and Thebes, but it shows how the generic
word of one language may be misunderstood, and used
as a specific word in another.1 If we may follow up the
analogy, Mr. Evans's attempt to support his identification
of the Labyrinth by the double-axe marks on the Palace
walls is as if some one were to find the word " Polis "
in a Greek inscription at Stamboul, and claim it as a
proof of its identity with Constantinople. Dr. Rouse
would find a " Polis " inscription somewhere else, and
argue triumphantly that he had proved the identification
wrong. It would be right all the same.
1 Another example, though not so good a one, is our own
Chester. Compare, too, Leicester, Cacrloon, etc.
forms Athens and Thebes, but it shows how the generic
word of one language may be misunderstood, and used
as a specific word in another.1 If we may follow up the
analogy, Mr. Evans's attempt to support his identification
of the Labyrinth by the double-axe marks on the Palace
walls is as if some one were to find the word " Polis "
in a Greek inscription at Stamboul, and claim it as a
proof of its identity with Constantinople. Dr. Rouse
would find a " Polis " inscription somewhere else, and
argue triumphantly that he had proved the identification
wrong. It would be right all the same.
1 Another example, though not so good a one, is our own
Chester. Compare, too, Leicester, Cacrloon, etc.