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)

MEGIDDO

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MESOPOTAMIA

Megiddo, battle of, iv. 796
Meir, Tomb-chapel of Ukh-hotep at, 11. 744
Melikreta, offering to dead at Styx, IV. 157
—■ — perhaps in Diktaean Cave, iv. 157
Melos, connexion of with Minoan Crete, I. 20,
172, 247, 274, 466, SS7, 558, 560, 561, iv.

7»5.

— obsidian exported from,I. 14, 20, 34,11. 56n.

6

— pottery from, 11. 185, 508

-------askoi, 1. 466, iv. 80 n. 8

-------bird vase, 1. 466

-------imported to Mycenae, 1. 557, iv. 81

-------with naturalistic ornament, 1. 598

-------two-storied pots, 11. 430

— stone pyxis from, I. 112, 11. 40 n. 4

— Linear Script A used in, 1. 637, iv. 715

— Linear Script A name groups in, iv. 715

— revival of seal-engraving in, 8th century B.C.,

iv. 560

— seals from, iv. 444, 445 n. 3
—■ walled strongholds in, in. 6

— and see Phylakopi

Meltem, N. and N.W. wind of Crete, 11. 84

n- 5
Memphis, 11. 29

— steatite plaque from, 1. 122
Men sign, see Draughtboard

Men, traditional head-gear of, iv. 197

— Askaenos, sanctuary of near Pisidian An-

tioch, 1. 4, 5, 217, 422,11. 276, 277, iv. 935

n. 2
Mena, conquest of Delta by, 1. 25, 26, n. 23,

26, 45, 56, 60, 756, in. 101, iv. 464, 526,

982
—- date of accession of, 1. 70, n. 29 n. 4

— stone mace of, 11. 26

— marriage of with Saite Hetep, n. 56
Menelaos, n. 86-9, in. 155

— Harbour of, 11. 37

Menhirs, as stelae above cenotaph at Dendra, iv.

245
Menidi, tholos tomb at, glass plaque from, 11.

595 n- 2,596n. 1

-------ivory frieze from, I. 343

-----------pyxis from, 1. 685

-------lyre from, n. 835 n. 3

Men-kheper'ra-senb, tomb of at Thebes, 11.207*

535, 648, 649, 651, 728, 738, 745, 747, iv.

269^ ^ ^ 3 V M \ ,

Menthotep, Egyptian King of nth Dynasty, 11.

176 n. 4
Mercenaries, negro, probably employed by

Knossians in mainland Greece, iv. 887
-------wooden models of from tomb at Shit,

"•756,757
Mercklin, Dr. F. von, on Greek chariot, iv. 821

n. 2
Meriones, son of Minos, n. 620

— legendary tomb of, near Knossos, n. 230

n.4
Mer-Neith, King of Egypt, stela of, n. 50 n. 3,

in. 314 n. 6
Meroe, Queens of, portrayed with beards, 11. 35,

iv. 23
Mery-ra, see Pepy I
Mesara:

bay of, 11. 84 n. 5
plain of, 11. 2, 4, 61, 81

— breccia quarries in, 1. 602

— communications with Knossos, 11. 61, 78,
80

-------with Trypeti, n. 83

— evidences of Libyan settlement in, 11. 53

— tholos ossuaries in, 1. 1, 107, n. 36, 37

"• 3. 39- 45. 52

-----------date of, n. 41

-----------connexion with Cyclades, n. 193;

with Libya, 11. 45, 53, iv. 525; with

Mycenae, n. 66, iv. 237 n. 1
-----------bull-shaped rhytons from, II. 260,

in. 205

-----------cupped blocks from, iv. 982

-----------figurines of predynastic type from,

11. 31, 32, 193
-----------ivory seals from, 1. 117, 11. 24, 217,

362 n. 1, 742, in. 120, iv. 511

-----------limestone palettes from, n. 44 n. 2

-----------cupped blocks from, iv. 982

-----------pottery from, 1. 56

-----------stalagmite pendant from, in. 446

and see Christos, Hagios Onuphrios, Kala-

thiana, Kumasa, Marathokephali, Patena,

Platanos, Porti, Pyrgos, Siva
Meskinia, church of St. Phanourios at, n. 251
Mesopotamia, 11. 26

— art of inlaying in, 11. 732

— origin of wheeled vehicles in, iv. 807

— and see Babylon, Chaldaea, Erech, Kish,

Sumeria, Ur