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)

OLIVE-TREES

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OXEN

Olive-trees (cont.)

— on silver rhyton from Mycenae, III. 99

— on Hagia Triada sarcophagus, iv. 43
Olous, see Elunda

Olshausen, Prof. Otto, on amber beads from
Knossos, 11. 174 n. 3

-------on resin from Isopata, IV. 1011 n. 3

Olympia, apsidal type of house at, 1. 24 n. 2

— votive bronze chariots of Geometrical period

from, iv. 797
Olympus, Mount (Mysian), remains of silver

workings near, iv. 169 n. 2
Omani, brachycephalic type with Armenoid

profile among, iv. 407 n. 1
Omphalian Plain, see Pedeada
Omphalos at Delphi, with reticulated cover, 11.

840

— on fresco fragment from Knossos, 11. 840

— tomb of Dionysos, 11. 838
-------of Cretan Zeus, 11. 838

-------compared with stalagmitic bosses, 11. 838

Onyx, lentoid seals of, from Argos, 1. 434, 11.

619 n. 1

-----------from Vapheio, HI. 124, iv. 453, 547

-----------Tyskiewicz gem (bull and tank), ill. 185

Ophiothrix, see Brittle-star

Oppermann, Dr. Hans, on Syrian connexions of

Kybele and Attis, iv. 479 n. 3
Ops Regina, Nature Goddess, 11. 191 n. 4
Oran, South, tholos circles in, 11. 38
Orange, use of in M.M. I polychrome style, I.

in n. 4
Orchomenos, apsidal type of house at, I. 24 n. 2

— Minoan civilization of, 1. 24

— tholos tomb at, carved limestone ceiling of,

1. 202, 11. 205, in. 371, iv. 242, 874

-----------fresco fragment with rosette and tri-

glyph frieze from, 11. 592, 594, 599 n. 3,
in. 208

— L.M. Ill stirrup vase with Linear inscrip-

tion from, in. 426, iv. 672, 681, 739
Oreo, Grotta dell', fresco at, iv. 188
Oreo Feglino, rock sculptures at, 11. 170 n. 4
Orestes, legend of, on bead-seals from Thisbe,

iv. 515, 550
Ormerod, Mr. H. A., discoveries at Chukur

Kend, I. 50 n. 2
Orrescii, coins of, iv. 564 n. 3
Orsi, Dr., excavation of chamber tomb at Milatos

by, iv. 46 n. 4

Orvieto, reputed provenance of Minoan seal, iv.

466
Os, terminations in, Minoan, I. 5

-------Carian, 1. 6 n. 1

Osiris, a shepherd God, 11. 27
Ossuaries, see Burials, Minoan
Ostrich eggs, from Neolithic sites in Sahara, 11.
222 n. 5

-------imported into Crete, 11. 756

-------vessels made from:

in Africa, Neolithic, 11. 222

— modern, 11. 223

magical beliefs associated with, 11. 223
influence of on prehistoric Egyptian pottery,
11. 223

— on Egyptian stone vases, 11. 223 n. 1
adapted as Minoan rhytons, 11. 265

Ostrich-egg rhytons, from Mycenae, 1. 237, 594,
595, 11. 224, iv. 265

-----------imitated in pottery:

M.M. II, 1. 237, 238, 285,11. 223
M.M. III, 1. 594, 595, 11. 303, iv. 269

Ostrich plumes of Goddess Maat on signet-ring
from Phaestos, 11. 764

-------worn by Libyans, II. 49

Oven, Roman, from House of the Frescoes at
Knossos, 11. 433

— resemblance of Libyan beehive hut to, II. 39
Overseer sign in Linear Script B, iv. 700

-------combined with olive sign, IV. 716

-------in personal names, IV. 701

Ovid cited, 11. 131 n. 1, iv. 476

Owl, E.M. breccia cup shaped as, iv. 487

— ivory seal from Mesara of similar form, iv.

487 (Figs. 410 and 410 bis)

— on sealings from Temple Repository, 1. 695
Oxen, remains of, from Neolithic houses at

Knossos, 11. 10

— as draught animals in Chaldaea, iv. 810
-----------in Crete, 1. 224, 11. 156, iv. 831

— figurines of, from Knossos, 1. 153, iv. 3

— on M.M. II Town Mosaic, I. 302, 310

— sign in hieroglyphic script, 1. 219, 281
-------in Linear Script B, iv. 685, 713

-------in Linear Script B coupled with saffron

sign in name-groups, iv. 713

— couchant, on L.M. seals and sealings, iv.

565-7,572,595

— horns of, votive clay, 1. 153, 158 n. 1

— and see Bulls, Cattle