Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Index) (London, 1936)

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Dictys Cretensis, Chronicle ascribed to cited,

11. 289, iv. 672
Didyma, Cretan associations of, iv. 47
Dikaia, coins of, iv. 561
Dikaios, Mr. P., discovery of clay model at

Vounous in Cyprus by, iv. 166 n. 2
Diktaean Cave, see Psychro
Diktynna, 1. 496, 511, 548, 11. 48, 70, 250

— associated with Artemis, iv. 24, 45

— epithet of Minoan Goddess, 11. 765, 842,

iv. 175

— Eteocretan name for Artemis, iv. 45

— guardian of harbours, 11. 843

— huntress, on L.M. gem, iv. 577

— promontory of, 11. 214 n. 2

— temple of at Lyktos, 11. 843
Dimini, but and ben dwellings at, 11. 564

— gold lilies from tholos at, I. 97, 500

— Neolithic fixed hearths at, 11. 20

— primitive settlement at, 11. 564
Diocletian, palace of, at Spalato, 11. 684
Diodoros cited, I. 9, 10, 638, 11. 7, 230 n. 4,

626, iv. 18, 155, 959-61
Dionysios of Syracuse, iv. 220
Dionysos, hair-offerings to, iv. 477

— head of, on coins of Tenedos, 11. 276

— kantharos as symbol of cult of, iv. 447

— omphalos tomb of, 11. 838

— relations with Ariadne, iv. 447

Diorite, bowls of, Egyptian, I. 23, 11. 56, 221,
in. 270, iv. 984, 985

-------E.M. II, 1. 17, 85-91

-----------imitated in pottery, in. 402 n. 3

— seated Egyptian figure of User, from

Knossos, 1. 18, 286-90, n. 60, 219, 220,

801, in. 5, iv. 985
Dioscorides, Codex of, n. 70 n. 4
Dioskouroi of Zeus, paralleled by 'Diaskourai'of

Minoan Goddess, n. 342
Diospolis Parva, brown alabaster cupped block

from, iv. 982
'Dipylon' type of fibula, 11. 138

-------shield, allied to Hittite, 11. 53

Dirk, see Dagger

Disk, inscribed, from Phaestos, see Phaestos

disk
Disks:

amber, gold edged, from Tomb of Double

Axes, n. 174 n. 3
clay, as seals to packages, iv. 597

Disks (cont.)
faience, for inlay, from Room of the Throne,
iv. 940

— from Tell-el-Amarna, iv. 940, 941

— from Tell-el-Yahudiyeh, iv. 941

ivory, from tholos tomb at Old Pylos, IV.

242 n. 2
ornament, Maltese, 11. 185

— Minoan architectural, n. 159, 160, in. 85
-------ceramic, M.M. I, 11. 627

-----------M.M. II, 1. 256, 258, 261, 264, 265,

267, 268

-----------M.M. Ill, 11. 437, 627

-----------L.M. la, 11. 422, 488

— and loop, 11. 218

-------on steatite bowl from Phaestos, 11. 217

— linked, on L.M. II dagger, on gem from
Knossos, iv. 922, 923

used as Minoan weights, iv. 653
winged, on Cypro-Minoan cylinder from
Astrakous, iv. 425

— on bead-seals, IV. 548

Distaff, as mason's mark at Knossos, I. 334
Dittany, Cretan, 11. 69, 70, 449 n. 1

— on frieze of pavilion of Caravanserai, 11. 111
Divination, Minoan methods of, iv. 420, 573,

945
Dnieper, amber from, 11. 174 n. 3
Dodona, n. 168

— bronze perforated axe from, n. 175

— early dove cult at, iv. 411
-------swords from, 11. 175

— votive bells from, I. 175

Dog-headed sea monster, on sealing 1. 697-9,
iv. 952, on silver rhyton, m. 96, iv. 952,
953 (cf. Hippocamp and Skylla)

Dogs, as guardians of temples of Diktynna,
11. 765

— collared, on L.M. I seal for E. Crete, n. 764

— confronted, on L.M.I6-L.M. II seals, iv.

614

— M.M. I figures of, from Petsofa, I. 153

— Chaldaean inkstand in form of, in. 422

— in Minoan art, iv. 487

— hunting scenes with, later transferred to

lions, iv. 525

— on E.M. II steatite lid from Mochlos, I. 93

— on M.M. I seals, 1. 197

— on cylinder seal from Arkhanes, iv. 509

— on ivory half cylinder, iv. 74