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)

HOMER

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HORUS

Homer, description of (cont.)

-------Minoan works of art, hi. 131, 132, iv. 958,

959

-------Shield of Achilles, m. 76, 82, 101, 131,

132

— Dorian interpolation in Odyssey of, I. 12

— mention of Cretan Rhadamanthys, in. 155

— references to riding in, IV. 830, 831
-------tumblers in, IV. 508

Homolle, Monsieur Theophile, on baetyl of
Snake Goddess on bead-seal, 11. 132 n. 2

Horns (Syria), trade route to, iv. 771

Honey, offered to dead at Styx, iv. 157

-------snakes, I. 156-8

Honeysuckle, on fresco from House of the
Frescoes, 11. 464

— on L.M. la pottery from Knossos, 11. 469
Hoopoe, on fresco in tomb at Beni-Hasan, II.

in

-------from Caravanserai at Knossos, 1. 70, 11.

no

— as table delicacy in the Levant, II. 114
Horai, regarded as rain bringers, iv. 454
Horn-bow, see Bow, composite

Horned figures on rock-carvings of Col di
Tenda, 11. 170 n. 4

Horned ornament, Maltese, 1. 263, 11. 184

-------Minoan, I. 261, 263, 11. 180, 184

Horns, sacral, from Knossos, S.W. area, 11. 160

-----------roof terrace of Central Court, II. 814

-----------Domestic Quarter, 11. 160 n. 3

-----------E. Hall, in. 525

-----------S. Portico, 11. 160

-----------Shrine of Double Axes, 1. 576, 11. 336

-----------Palace walls, in. 84

-----------miniature, from Loom Weight base-
ment, 1. 221

-----------S.E. House, 1. 435

-----------miniature, from N.W. Treasure

House, 11. 619

-----------Tomb of the Double Axes, ill. 153

-----------Temple Tomb, iv. 965

-------from Majorca, 1. 22

-------from Mochlos, 1. 57

-------from Niru Khani, 11. 281

-------from Palaikastro, n. 568

-------as mark of divinity, IV. 467

-------connexion of with snake frame, 1 v. 175

-------sign in hieroglyphic script, 1. 281, iv. 686

-----------in Linear Script B, iv. 682, 683, 686

Horns, sacral, (cont.)

-------use of in Minoan architecture, 11. 160,

ill. 84
-------on altar from N.W. angle of Palace, iv.

200, 201
-------on fresco, from Knossos, 11. 160, in. 62,

iv. 224
-----------in tomb of Rekhmara at Thebes, 11.

74i
-------on potter)-, L.M. II, 1. 494, 11. 134, m.

605

-----------L.M. lllb, 11. 620

-------on silver rhyton from Mycenae, in. 94

-------on steatite rhyton from Knossos, 11. 614,

752
-------on sarcophagus from Hagia Triada, 1.438,

iv-43

-------on 'Ring of Nestor', iv. 951

-------on seals, 1. 708, iv. 211, 449, 455 n. 3, 550,

610

-------on shrine from Gournia, I. 508

-----------from Loom Weight basement at

Knossos, iv. 201

-------on stone matrix from Siteia, I. 479

-------on votive tablet from Psychro, 1. 633.

Horses, first appearance of in Chaldaea, iv.

810

— colour of in Minoan frescoes, iv. 829, 830

— introduction of into Crete, 1. 16, II. 244, 576,

577. IV- 827, 828
-------into Greece, iv. 831

— inventory of on tablets from Knossos, 11. 802

— led by grooms on frescoes from Mycenae and

Tiryns, iv. 830

— tufted manes of in Crete and Mycenae, 11.

244, iv. 799, 828, 829

— on L.M. sealings, iv. 615

— and see Chariots, Riding
Horse-sign in Linear Script B, iv. 800, 801

— in Linear Script B, associated with fodder

sign, iv. 801, 802
Horse's-head sign and derivatives in Linear

Script B, iv. 722, 787, 799-801

-------in name groups, iv. 711

-------preceded by saw sign, iv. 798

Hort, Sir A., translator of Theophrastus,

11. 70 n. 4
Horus, 1. 289, in. 416 n. 2

— associated with Ta-Urt, iv. 436, 463

— Eye of, 11. 790