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57S GODDESS HUNTING STAG
knots'1 (here clumsily defined) that are attached to her shoulders2
interesting complement to this design is supplied, indeed, by a clay
impression from the late Palatial 'Archives Deposit' at Knossos,3 Fio- 5m
showing a running stag, above which are inserted a pair of these ' knot"'
associating it thus with the Goddess. This is a good instance of th
abbreviated forms of expression imposed on the gem-engraver's Art.
Finally, in the fuller field afforded by the oval of a gold bead from
the Thisbe Treasure (Fig. 561)4 we see the completed design of a person-
age who, from her rich attire and the apparent crown that she wears, may
again, be taken to be the Goddess—though, in this case, she is more
practically attired—shooting a stag with a bow of the composite Asiatic
class. An interesting peculiarity in this figure is that she is turned round in
such a way as to present her back to the spectator. She is not here adorned
with the ' sacral knots', but wears a quiver, suspended from her left shoulder.
In a variant form this was a favourite attitude of Artemis with
Hellenistic artists.
Thefal- Here as in other cases the palmation is that of the fallow deer, whose
teem" dapples seem also to be indicated. This species (Cervus damn), indeed—
dam) spotted and broad-horned—is the only one well-ascertained in Minoan
sentedin representations.5 This conclusion is of great interest in view of the fact that
Mmoan throughout all historic and late prehistoric times the only species of wild deer
known in Greece—as in. Europe generally—has been the red deer (Cervus
eiaft/ms).6 The fallow deer, which is well represented on Cretan seal-types,
going back to Middle Minoan times, and survives itself in some of the
1 Furtwangler, A.G., PI. II, 24 (and see his Minoan and 'Mycenaean' seal-stones and
Berlin Cat, p. 3, No. 2). objects see Rodenwaldt, Tiryns, ii, P- 'S1'
"- See my Ring of Nestor, cVc, p. 22, where n. 1. The only object from Mycenae t a
the gem is reproduced in Fig. 22. Furtwangler is clearly a red deer is the silver an
who, doubtfully, regarded the object (at that vessel from the Fourth ShaftGrave. ^ '"
time impossible of recognition) as a quiver, see now, Karo, Scliachtgraber, PI. LJ >
would have been confirmed in bis vow that p. 94, who shows that there was no out e ■
the figure represented Diktynna. mouth and that it was not, therefore, .
5 See below, p. 609, Fig 597 n/. 'rhyton'. The form of the vessel thus ansi
* Ring of Nestor, &c, pp. 21-3, and Fig. 24. to an Early Cycladic marble type. ^
' See on this Imhoof-Blumer und Keller. ■ On the Tiryns fresco these are ^
The stag on the amethyst intaglio from the tionally rendered by crosses hke tree
Third Shaft Grave at Mycenae is, indeed, star symbols on the Hathorrc c ^
described by 0. Keller as a red deer, but the P. of M., i, pp. 513, 5r4- and F's' ° 0,,et in
dapples are clearly indicated (see my note, This convention was also take
Ring of Nestor, &-v.,(Macmillans), 1925, p. ro). L. M. Ill Ceramic Art.
For references to representations of deer on
knots'1 (here clumsily defined) that are attached to her shoulders2
interesting complement to this design is supplied, indeed, by a clay
impression from the late Palatial 'Archives Deposit' at Knossos,3 Fio- 5m
showing a running stag, above which are inserted a pair of these ' knot"'
associating it thus with the Goddess. This is a good instance of th
abbreviated forms of expression imposed on the gem-engraver's Art.
Finally, in the fuller field afforded by the oval of a gold bead from
the Thisbe Treasure (Fig. 561)4 we see the completed design of a person-
age who, from her rich attire and the apparent crown that she wears, may
again, be taken to be the Goddess—though, in this case, she is more
practically attired—shooting a stag with a bow of the composite Asiatic
class. An interesting peculiarity in this figure is that she is turned round in
such a way as to present her back to the spectator. She is not here adorned
with the ' sacral knots', but wears a quiver, suspended from her left shoulder.
In a variant form this was a favourite attitude of Artemis with
Hellenistic artists.
Thefal- Here as in other cases the palmation is that of the fallow deer, whose
teem" dapples seem also to be indicated. This species (Cervus damn), indeed—
dam) spotted and broad-horned—is the only one well-ascertained in Minoan
sentedin representations.5 This conclusion is of great interest in view of the fact that
Mmoan throughout all historic and late prehistoric times the only species of wild deer
known in Greece—as in. Europe generally—has been the red deer (Cervus
eiaft/ms).6 The fallow deer, which is well represented on Cretan seal-types,
going back to Middle Minoan times, and survives itself in some of the
1 Furtwangler, A.G., PI. II, 24 (and see his Minoan and 'Mycenaean' seal-stones and
Berlin Cat, p. 3, No. 2). objects see Rodenwaldt, Tiryns, ii, P- 'S1'
"- See my Ring of Nestor, cVc, p. 22, where n. 1. The only object from Mycenae t a
the gem is reproduced in Fig. 22. Furtwangler is clearly a red deer is the silver an
who, doubtfully, regarded the object (at that vessel from the Fourth ShaftGrave. ^ '"
time impossible of recognition) as a quiver, see now, Karo, Scliachtgraber, PI. LJ >
would have been confirmed in bis vow that p. 94, who shows that there was no out e ■
the figure represented Diktynna. mouth and that it was not, therefore, .
5 See below, p. 609, Fig 597 n/. 'rhyton'. The form of the vessel thus ansi
* Ring of Nestor, &c, pp. 21-3, and Fig. 24. to an Early Cycladic marble type. ^
' See on this Imhoof-Blumer und Keller. ■ On the Tiryns fresco these are ^
The stag on the amethyst intaglio from the tionally rendered by crosses hke tree
Third Shaft Grave at Mycenae is, indeed, star symbols on the Hathorrc c ^
described by 0. Keller as a red deer, but the P. of M., i, pp. 513, 5r4- and F's' ° 0,,et in
dapples are clearly indicated (see my note, This convention was also take
Ring of Nestor, &-v.,(Macmillans), 1925, p. ro). L. M. Ill Ceramic Art.
For references to representations of deer on