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)

MESSENE [101] MINORCA

Messene, Megalopolis gate of, I. 106

Milato, Chamber Tomb at (cont.)

Metal-work, Minoan wealth of, n. 635, 640

-----------seals from, iv. 46 n. 4

-------depicted on Egyptian wall-paintings, II.

Milchhofer, Prof., on Minoan Genii, iv. 466

166

Miletos, 1. 10, iv. 46

-------inventoried on Linear Script B Tablet

— Boegia at, iv. 46, 47

from Knossos, 11. 633

— connexion with Crete, iv. 46

— E.M., 1. 20

— labyrinth on ceiling of Didymaeon at, 1.

— M.M. I, 1. 191-5

359

— M.M. Ill, rarity of, 1. 553

Milk, offered to dead at Styx, iv. 157

— L.M. I, 1. 18

— diet of household snakes, iv. 153 seqq.

— imitating pottery forms, 11. 425

Milk-stones (galopetras), Cretan, 1. 673, iv. 446

— imitated in faience, 1. 498, 500, iv. 780

Millet, carbonized grains of, from N. of Loom

-------in pottery:

Weight Area at Knossos, iv. 622

Neolithic, 11. 12

— beer made from, by Paeonians, iv. 625

E.M. I, 1. 59, 11. 10 n. 6

— storage of, at Knossos, iv. 622

E.M. II, 1. 79, 80, 11. 635, iv. 98

— represented by Cereal sign in Linear Script

M.M. 1,1. 170, 191-3

B, iv. 625

M.M. II, 1. 242-5, 249 n. 2, 259, iv. 124,

Mimosa, on wall-painting of tomb at Beni

298

Hasan, 11. 111

M.M. Ill, 1. 553, 567

— Egyptian 'sont'-bush, II. 111 n. 1

L.M. lb, 11. 507, iv. 276, 284, 363

Minas, number of equal to ingot, iv. 662

L.M. II, 11. 55 n. 2, 640, iv. 299-302, 359

Minassos in Pisidia, 1. 6

L.M. Ilia, iv. 335

Minet-el-Beida, evidence of Minoan settlement

—and see Bronze, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver,

at» iv. 557, 770, 776-8

Tin

— station in Cypro-Minoan faience trade, iv.

Metapontion, four-rowed barley on coins of, IV.

771

628

— tomb at, L.M. II elements in structure and

Metope style in L.M. lllb, pottery, 11.130,138,

contents of, IV. 557, 771, 775, 776-8

iv. 244, 295, 351

Miniature frescoes, see Frescoes

Metragyrts, mendicant priests of Rhea-Kybele,

Miniature painting on crystal, in. 107-33, IV«

iv. 220

93°

Mex, limestone quarries at, 1. 295

Minoa, 1. 2

Meyer, Dr. E., his chronological system for \

Minoan, use of term, 1. 1, 2, 13

Egyptian history adopted in this work, 1.

-----------classical, 1. 12

30, 31, 300 n. 1, 11. 29 n. 4

— culture, unity of, 1. 13, 315, 316, n. 91

-------on the Phaestos Disk, 1. 666

— Dynasty, 1. 316

Miamii, cave of, carinated bowl from, 1. 58

-------names of, on M.M. II seals, 1. 271, 272,

Michelangelo, signet-ring of, ill. 145

278

Midea, tholos at, gold bowl from, 11. 505

-------portraits of, on M.M. II sealings, 1. 271,

-------silver cups from, 11. 505

272

Mikal, assimilation of to Archangel Michael, m.

— last representative of: human remains from

480

pit in Temple Tomb attributed to, iv.

Mikon, painting on walls of Theseion illustrating

1008-11

legend of 'Ring of Minos', vi. 957

— script, see Script

cMilatj), reputed Mother City of Miletos, iv. 46

Minoans, average height of, n. 118 n. 1: and see

— Chamber Tomb at, bronze axe hammer

Crete, Knossos

from, iv. 46 n. 4

Minoe, fountain in Delos, in. 74

-----------pottery from, iv. 164, 370

Minoid nymphs, 1. 2, in. 74

-----------sarcophagus from, 11. 499, IV. 46 n. 4,

Minorca, Megalithic columns from, 1. 342

47

— connexion with L.M. Crete, 1. 494

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