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THE SHRINE OF THE DOUBLE AXES
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Fig. 191. Miniature
Double Axe of Stea-
tite from Shrine.
A complement to the Dove Goddess is seen at the farther extremity of
the ledge in a small image of a male votary holding out a dove with both
arms,1 the clay embodiment both of self-dedication and of offering. He stands
on a small square base and his dress diners both from
the known Late Minoan fashions and from the belted
tunics at this time in vogue in Mycenaean Greece.
He wears a sleeved jacket with a V-shaped slit in
front and a broader opening laced together behind,
coupled with loin-clothing of an abnormal aspect (Fig.
192).
Of smaller size than the Goddess, but clearly of The two
a divine nature, since they too are only half anthropomorphic and rise from Maidens
similar cylinders, are two more youthful female figures (Fig. 193, b, c).z Like °f God~
the larger image they present
a glazed painted surface, but the
indications of the bodice are less
distinguishable ; one bears traces
of a kind of fleur-de-lis on the
back. Two long locks are visible
in each case falling down the
back of the head, which, in the
case of the image on the right,
Fig. 193, £, show dark spots and
serpentine folds (Fig. 195). The
indications are hardly sufficient
for us to determine whether in
this case there may be an allusion
to the cult of the Goddess in
her chthonic aspect. The dove on the head of the Goddess and in the
hands of the male votary points to the celestial side of the worship, but the
clear rep'resentation of snakes about a contemporary image of the same
kind from the Gournia shrine s lends some probability to the view that the
infernal side of the worship was also represented. For there, too, the cult
was associated with doves,4 and the Double Axe also occurred as a cult
symbol.
1 The figure is of solid clay, 13 cm. high, Unfortunately, the head of one is now wanting,
unglazed, but with reddish-brown colouring on s Boyd-Hawes, Gournia, PI. XI. 1.
a pale ochre. * lb., PI. XI. 3, 4.
a The height of these was about 17 cm.
Z 2
a b c
Fig. 192. Male Votary holding Dove.
Shrine of the Double Axes.
339
Fig. 191. Miniature
Double Axe of Stea-
tite from Shrine.
A complement to the Dove Goddess is seen at the farther extremity of
the ledge in a small image of a male votary holding out a dove with both
arms,1 the clay embodiment both of self-dedication and of offering. He stands
on a small square base and his dress diners both from
the known Late Minoan fashions and from the belted
tunics at this time in vogue in Mycenaean Greece.
He wears a sleeved jacket with a V-shaped slit in
front and a broader opening laced together behind,
coupled with loin-clothing of an abnormal aspect (Fig.
192).
Of smaller size than the Goddess, but clearly of The two
a divine nature, since they too are only half anthropomorphic and rise from Maidens
similar cylinders, are two more youthful female figures (Fig. 193, b, c).z Like °f God~
the larger image they present
a glazed painted surface, but the
indications of the bodice are less
distinguishable ; one bears traces
of a kind of fleur-de-lis on the
back. Two long locks are visible
in each case falling down the
back of the head, which, in the
case of the image on the right,
Fig. 193, £, show dark spots and
serpentine folds (Fig. 195). The
indications are hardly sufficient
for us to determine whether in
this case there may be an allusion
to the cult of the Goddess in
her chthonic aspect. The dove on the head of the Goddess and in the
hands of the male votary points to the celestial side of the worship, but the
clear rep'resentation of snakes about a contemporary image of the same
kind from the Gournia shrine s lends some probability to the view that the
infernal side of the worship was also represented. For there, too, the cult
was associated with doves,4 and the Double Axe also occurred as a cult
symbol.
1 The figure is of solid clay, 13 cm. high, Unfortunately, the head of one is now wanting,
unglazed, but with reddish-brown colouring on s Boyd-Hawes, Gournia, PI. XI. 1.
a pale ochre. * lb., PI. XI. 3, 4.
a The height of these was about 17 cm.
Z 2
a b c
Fig. 192. Male Votary holding Dove.
Shrine of the Double Axes.