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)

EARTHQUAKES

Earthquakes, in Crete, at Candia (cont.)
-----------a.d. 1508, 11. 313, 321

-----------A.D. l8lO, II. 314

-----------A.D. 1856, II. 314, 315

-----------a.d. 1926 (writer's experiences), 11.

316-18, ill. 289

-------at Knossos, end of M.M. II, 11. 43, ill. 14

-----------at close of M.M. Ilia, 11. 348, ill. 12

-----------M.M. III6,11. 1, 101, 214, 286-9, 311,

347. 357. 360. 365. 374. i»- 4°i-3> 485.

iv. 632, 633
-----------towards end of L.M. la, 11. 353 ill.

280, iv. 872, 878, 988, 989
-----------as cultural termini define Minoan

Period, II. 319, iv. xxvii et passim

-----------at end of L.M. II, in. 495, 942

-----------in time of Nero, 11. 289

-----------chronology of, 11. 291, 292, 320

-----------connexion with chthonic cult, 11. 540

-----------effects of, 11. 161, 165, 319, 666

-----------political effects of, 11. 321

-------at Phaestos, n. 319, 347

— at Ragusa, 11. 321 n. 1, 322, iv. 990 n. 1
Earth-shaker, delight of, in bulls, 11. 324
Ebers Papyrus, Calendar of, 1. 31
Ecbatana, ceremonial axe from, 11. 274
Eccles, Miss E., iv. 347 n. 2

Ecstatic possession, in. 69-73
Edoni, coins of, iv. 564 n. 3
Eggs, offerings to snakes in Greece and Rome,
iv. 158

— ostrich, imported into Crete, 11. 756
Egg-shell ware, see under Pottery
Egg-stands, clay, from Knossos, 11. 307
Egypt:

art of, influenced by Minoan Crete, 1. 18,
11. 192-208, 226, 227, 361, 448-50, 453,
474, hi. 104,112, 168, iv. 191, 266, 504, 554

— influenced by Sumerian sphragistic art,
iv. 505

connexions of, with Anatolia, 12th Dynasty,
11. 221

— with Crete, 1. 19, n. 2, 697, m. 106, 283,
iv. 403 n. 1

-------pre-dynastic, I. 13, 16, 17, 25, 56, 478,

11. 44, iv. 172, 173, 525, 526, 940 n. 2,
982 n. 4

-------proto-dynastic, n. 58, 60, iv. 503-5,

525, 526, 984

-------4th Dynasty, I. 17, 11. 56, iv. 235 n. 1

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EGYPT

Egypt, connexions of, with Crete {cont.)

-------5th Dynasty, 11. 56

-------6th Dynasty, iv. 520

-------Middle Kingdom, 1. 18, 11. 360, 625,

iv. 986-7

-------nth Dynasty, 11. 177

-------12th Dynasty, iv. 248, 249

-------New Empire, 1. 18, iv. 880, 986, 987

-------13th Dynasty, iv. 248, 249 ,

-------18th Dynasty, n. 178, 362, 536, 647-9,

736-48, m. 30, 31, iv. 269 j V/

-------^Neomhic, Y. 14, 11. 12, 14, 15, 22-59

-------E.M., 1. 17, 18, 26, 64-9, 75, 78, 80-93,

101-3. JI3> JI4> 120-6, 357, 11. ion. 6,

22-59, 362, iv. 486 ,

-------M.M. I, 1. 133, 180, 193, 199, 11. 202

-------M.M. II, 1. 237, 238, 241, 256, 25^

261, 266, 268, 270, 271, 274, 286, 281, 283,

2857300,'3 n.'3 H. 3j5. iv- 13°^
-------M.M. Ill, 1. 3-19,^320, 344, 345, 358,

376,410,412,415-22,476,488,490-3,498,

5°9. 510, 534, 539- 54V553. 508, 584Y60V

683-4, 7°°. 704-7. 7°9-15. 718, "• 467.

476, in. 40^ iv. 248
-------L.M. I, 1. 297, 344^11. 76^166^205.

36^521^22, in. 115, 37M1V. 265 281 /
-------\,M. II, 1^18, in. 446Y iv. 336, 339,

749.803 \j

-------^Mycenaean, ill. 305

-------Greek, I. 19

-------commercial, I. 462, 11. 54, 61, 88, 168,

192, 214, 221, 508, iv. 284, 595, 654, 655,

718
-------religious, 11. 841 n. 6, iv. 464, 983:

and see Ta-Urt
— with Cyclades, 11. 242
chronology of, I. 1, 25, 30, 31
emigration from, 1. 17, 66, 102, 11. 24, iv. 982
faience roundels from, 18th Dynasty, iv. 92
figure vases from, 18th and 19th Dynasties,

11. 256
inlays from, late prehistoric, iv. 946 n. 2
isodomic masonry of Ramesside date in, n. 188
prehistoric palette from, 1. 190
Semitic element in, 11. 27, iv. 506
snake cult in, iv. 157

Syro-Hittite cylinders influenced by, I v. 458
wheeled vehicles in, iv. 808
and see Burials, Frescoes, Pottery, Script,

Seals, Delta, Thebes, Tell-el-Amarna, &c.