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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MONSTERS

Minos, 1. 1, 9

— as bureaucratic organizer, IV. 694

— Achaean use of name, 1. 10

— 'adoption of, I. 10

— Athenian calumny of, 1. 1

— divine aspect of, 1. 3, 154

— Dorian use of name, I. 10

— Dynastic use of name, 1. 3, 9, 12

— Laws of, 1. 2

— linguistic connexions of name, 1. 5

— mythical date of, I. 10
-------genealogy of, 1. 10, n n. 1

— possible identity of with L.M. \b Priest-

king, IV. 888

— relation of to Minoan Goddess, iv. 960

— Sicilian connexion of, 11. 626, iv. 959, 960

— subject of ring of, iv. 957-9
Minotaur, I. 1, 11. 28

— association of Minoan type with shield and

star symbols on seals, hi. 316

— Egyptian prototypes of, 1. 69, 11. 54

— legend of, 1. 190, in. 316, iv. 17

— as Knossian coin-type, 1. 359

— on E.M. steatite whorl from Hagios Onu-

phrios, 1. 69

— on Minoan seals, 11. 763, m. 316, iv. 387,

498, 589, 594

— on Greek seals, iv. 18

— young, iv. 387, 594

Minyan culture, in Greece, 11. 21, 40

—■ trade-route from Asia Minor, 11. 168, 169

— ware, see under Pottery
Mirabello, breccia quarries in, I. 602

— Minoan road to, 11. 63 n. 5, 253

— bead-seals from, 11. 203 n. 1, in. 117, iv. 445,

491, 492, 493, 576, 627
Mirror, bronze, from Zafer Papoura, iv. 860

— handles, ivory, from Enkomi, iv. 190 n. 3,

533, 8°4

-----------from Mycenae, in. 61

-----------from Zafer Papoura, in. 415 n. 2

Mississippi valley, two-storied pots from, n.

428
Mistletoe, compared with Golden Bough by

Virgil, n. 483 n. 3
Mithra, traditional head-gear of, iv. 197
Mitra shell, see Shell
Mitsotakis, Monsieur, collection of at Candia,

iv. 487 n. 4
Mnaidra, Megalithic monument at, n. 181

Mnoi'a, Helot caste at Knossos in classical times,

in. 259
Mnos, Cilician name, IV. 408
Mobius, Dr. H., iv. 169 n. 2
Mobius, Prof. Martin, on saffron, iv. 718 n. 2
Mocatta, Major V. E., n. 264 n. 1
Mochlos, cist-tombs at, E.M. II, I. 72

— house-tombs at, E.M. Ill, I. 72, 88, 102,107,

n. 40

— tholos ossuaries at, E.M. II, 1. 72

— houses at, 1. 70, 11. 624

— breccia vases from, 1. 572, iv. 234 n. 4

— bronze basins from, n. 624

-------cup from, 1. 345, 11. 480, in. 177

— bull-shaped rhyton from, n. 260, in. 205

— chalcedony pendant from, iv. 407

— double axes, votive, from, 1. 56, 57, 101, n.

15,29

— faience beads and bowl from, I. 85

— figure vase from, 1. 115, n. 258

— gold-work from, 1. 20, 95-8, iv. 125, 423

— horns of consecration from, 1. 57

— ivory seal from, I. 83

— pottery from, 1.17,75,76, 345 n. 1, 584, 623,

iv. 271

— signet-ring, gold, from, n. 249, iv. 952

— silver cylinder from, 1. 83

— steatite lid from, I. 93, n. 362 n. 1
1-------vase from, n. 75

— stone vases from, I. 66, 88-93
Moggridge, Mr. M., on Maraviglie of Col di

Tenda, n. 170 n. 4
Money-Coutts, Miss M., iv. 347 n. 2
Monkeys, on goldsmith's work from tomb of

Kenamon at Thebes, n. 450

— on E.M. seals, 1. 94, 119, 123, n. 448, iv.

486

— blue, on fresco from House of the Frescoes

at Knossos, n. 361, 447, 450, ill. 115

— Green, West African, introduction of into

Egypt and Crete, n. 448, 467

— Soudanese, importation of to Crete, n. 756
-------companions of Thoth, n. 763

-------in Minoan religious iconography, n. 763

Monsters in Minoan art, iv. 432

— antlered, on Helladic vases, 1. 559

-------Anatolian parallels, I. 559, 560

—■ double-bodied Minoan, iv. 585

— on pottery from Melos, I. 703-5

— on seals from Melos, 1. 708