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SNOUT OF LIONESS'S HEAD 'RHYTON'
Fig. 549. Snout of Lioness's Head ' Rhyton ' of
Marble-like Limestone from beneath Sanctuary of
Apollo at Delphi.
This object, of which a reproduction is given in Fig. 549, was actually
found under the mystic dSvrov of the Pythian Temple.1 It is of the same
marble-like white limestone
as the Knossian example,
with a slight yellowish tint,
and presenting, like it, an
admirably polished surface.
Only the fore-part of the head
has been here preserved,
with thelips and mouth,about
a third less in scale than the
other, but both in style and
in all the details, such as the
aperture in the mouth and
the hollowing of the nose for
the insertion of an inlay, the
fabric is identical with that
from the sanctuary at Knos-
sos, and must, indeed, have
been executed in the same
Knossian workshop. One interesting point, however, is observable in the upper
part of the nose, where a fracture had occurred that has been repaired by
means of bore-holes of which the traces remain. This itself may be taken
as an indication that on the Mainland site such a work of art could hardly
have been reproduced. Had such a breakage befallen it at Knossos itself
the ' rhyton' would certainly have been thrown away and another made to
replace it.
Part of the rim of an ordinary stone ' rhyton' of elongated conical shape
was also found at Delphi.2 To these evidences of a connexion between the
site of the Delphic sanctuary and Minoan Crete going back to the approximate
date of 1500 k. c. must be added, moreover, the proofs of some remarkable
correspondences in the later Cult.
A discovery at Delphi—this of Classical date—once more brings the
religion of the spot into close relation with the central cult at Knossos.
Beneath the Pythian Temple, and on the borders of the altar, was found
1 P. Perdrizet, Fouilles de Delphes, v, p. 3 Arch., 1904, pp. 214, 215.
(Fig. 13), and see G. Karo, Minoische Rhyta 2 Perdrizet, Fouilles de Delphes, v, 208, No.
(Jahrb. d. d. Arch. Inst., xxvi, 1911, pp. 254, 698 ; Phot, de Inst., Delphi, 132.
255, and p. 256, Fig. 7). Cf. J. de Mot, Rev.
II. 3 I
Minoan
affinities
in Del-
phic cult.
Votive
double
axes
found in
Delphic
sanc-
tuary.
Fig. 549. Snout of Lioness's Head ' Rhyton ' of
Marble-like Limestone from beneath Sanctuary of
Apollo at Delphi.
This object, of which a reproduction is given in Fig. 549, was actually
found under the mystic dSvrov of the Pythian Temple.1 It is of the same
marble-like white limestone
as the Knossian example,
with a slight yellowish tint,
and presenting, like it, an
admirably polished surface.
Only the fore-part of the head
has been here preserved,
with thelips and mouth,about
a third less in scale than the
other, but both in style and
in all the details, such as the
aperture in the mouth and
the hollowing of the nose for
the insertion of an inlay, the
fabric is identical with that
from the sanctuary at Knos-
sos, and must, indeed, have
been executed in the same
Knossian workshop. One interesting point, however, is observable in the upper
part of the nose, where a fracture had occurred that has been repaired by
means of bore-holes of which the traces remain. This itself may be taken
as an indication that on the Mainland site such a work of art could hardly
have been reproduced. Had such a breakage befallen it at Knossos itself
the ' rhyton' would certainly have been thrown away and another made to
replace it.
Part of the rim of an ordinary stone ' rhyton' of elongated conical shape
was also found at Delphi.2 To these evidences of a connexion between the
site of the Delphic sanctuary and Minoan Crete going back to the approximate
date of 1500 k. c. must be added, moreover, the proofs of some remarkable
correspondences in the later Cult.
A discovery at Delphi—this of Classical date—once more brings the
religion of the spot into close relation with the central cult at Knossos.
Beneath the Pythian Temple, and on the borders of the altar, was found
1 P. Perdrizet, Fouilles de Delphes, v, p. 3 Arch., 1904, pp. 214, 215.
(Fig. 13), and see G. Karo, Minoische Rhyta 2 Perdrizet, Fouilles de Delphes, v, 208, No.
(Jahrb. d. d. Arch. Inst., xxvi, 1911, pp. 254, 698 ; Phot, de Inst., Delphi, 132.
255, and p. 256, Fig. 7). Cf. J. de Mot, Rev.
II. 3 I
Minoan
affinities
in Del-
phic cult.
Votive
double
axes
found in
Delphic
sanc-
tuary.