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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GRIFFINS

Goya on Spanish bull fights, in. 227 n. 3

Graffiti, see Inscriptions

Graffito technique, influence of on M.M. Ill

pottery, 1. 594
Grain, see Barley, Millet

— storage of at Knossos, 1. 236, IV. 621, 622

— hieroglyph for, 1. 280

Granary sign, in Linear Script B, iv. 623, 625
'Grand Stand' on Miniature Fresco from

Knossos, in. 47, 48
Granite, black, statuette of from Adana, 11. 220
Granulation on M.M. jewellery, ill. 412
Grape, juice of, offered to Minoan Goddess,

iv. 394, 628
Gras, bead-seal from, iv. 446 n. 2
Grasses, on faience vases from Temple Reposi-
tories, in. 277

— on pottery, M.M. Ill, 11. 469

-------L.M. la, 11. 469, 811 n. 1, in. 276, 277

-------and see Reeds

Graves, see Burials, Minoan
Gravestones, see Stelae, under Burials, Minoan
Greaves, bronze, from Illyria, 11. 198
Greece, apsidal type of house in, absent in Crete,
1. 149

— boar-hunting in, iv. 869

— catastrophe in, at end of L.M. lb, iv. 887

— cist-graves in, n. 40

— conquest of by Minoans in L.M. lb, iv. 283,

887

— epic tradition of, Minoan Element in, in.

106

— gesture language of, represented at Naples,

i»- 57

— influence of Cypriote art on, iv. 539
-------Syro-Hittite art on, iv. 409

— migrations to from Crete, 11. 571, 626, IV.

283, 887
•— Minoan element in, n. 21, 40
—- Northern, bilingual stage in, in. 133 n. 2

— Phoenician alphabet in, iv. 755

— riding introduced into, iv. 830 n. 4

— relation with N.W. Europe, n. 174

-------Minoan Crete, 1. 12, 13, 20, 33, n. 4-5,

65, 168, 217, 452, 697, 833, in. 128, 418,
iv. 26, 227, 228, 229, 248, 253, 539, 549,

55°. 754. 755. 870, 871

-------Neolithic, I. 4, 14

-------E.M. 111,1. 114

-------M.M. II, iv. 283, 284

Greece, relation with (cont.)

-------M.M. Ill, 1. 23, 445, 485, 594, 595, 599,

600, iv. 746

-------L.M. la, iv. 746

-------L.M. lb, iv. 281, 283, 887

-------L.M. II, iv. 852, 853, 945

-------Cyclades, n. 20

— script in, Linear A (Melos, Santorin), iv. 745,

746
-------Linear B, iv. 716, 887, 945

— snakes as house-guardians in, iv. 153

— snake-skin as charm in, iv. 168

— steatopygous female figures from, 1. 45

— trade-route from to Asia Minor, n. 169
-------to Crete and Egypt, n. 168

-------to N. Germany, n. 174

— transference of Minoan seat of government

to, after L.M. II, iv. 945

— use of sling in, n. 345

— tumblers in, iv. 508

Greeks, perhaps settled in Hellas before
Achaean invasion, in. 133 n. 2

— settlement of, at Knossos, II. 432, iv. 18
Green, use of in Egyptian art, in. 305
-------in Minoan art, in. 305

Gregalia, see Borras

Greyhounds, Egyptian name of, recurring in
Berber (modern Libyan), n. 24

— Minoan, on seals and sealings, iv. 580, 582

-------sacral connexion of, I v. 580-2

Gridiron sign used at Tiryns and Thebes, iv. 754
Griffins, as guardians of treasure, 1. 559

— degenerate, on Helladic vases, I. 559

— Egyptian hawk-headed type of, iv. 913, 914

— Minoan type of, I. 4, 5, 18, 558, 703, 710-14,

719, iv. 913, 914

— notched plume decoration on wings of,

I. 549, 550

— on frescoes at Knossos, 1. 382, 524, 549, 11.

114, 116, 353 n. 1, 785, in. 40, 510, 513,
517, iv. 6, 169, 650, 749, 891, 908-14

— on inlays of axe of Queen Aah Hotep, 1. 550,

II. 361, in. 112

— on ivory reliefs from Knossos, n. 388, iv.

190 n. 3

— on Melian pottery, I. 558, 560

— on seals and sealings, I. 683, II. 785, HI. 144,

154, 513, 514, iv. 168, 408, 412, 426

— religious aspect of, 1. 19, n. 785, in. 154,

iv. 168, 412, 823, 824