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ending, as in Tirynthos and Korinihos. The
Earlier Palace was built before the great temple
at|Hawara, and it is not unlikely that the
Egyptian building, long vanished, acquired the
name ' labyrinth ' as a result of a resemblance to
the ' Place of the Double-axe ' at Knossos. For
the slightly earlier temple of Mentuhetep discovered
at Deir el-Bahari does actually resemble the
palace at Knossos in some important features.
Even without the testimony of classic authors as
to the mazy character of the vast Egyptian
structure, the derived meaning of the word
' labyrinth' is entirely comprehensible to one
acquainted with the intricate plan of the palace
at Knossos.
fat On the walls of the Knossian palace the bull is
represented so frequently that the Minos-Bull may
be taken as a heraldic beast. If at the end of the
Boer War, hostages had been sent from the Trans-
vaal to England and imprisoned or executed,
it might well have been said that the British Lion
devoured them. Grote quotes with disapproval
a theory advanced even in his day that the tribute
of human victims paid by Athens to Minos was a
historical fact. We have better reason for believing
it. Furthermore, in view of the Knossian frescoes.
Dr. Evans thinks it probable that contests in the
arena between men and bulls date from Minoan
times, and "that the legend of Athenian persons
devoured by the Minotaur preserves a real tradi-
tion of these cruel sports."
Earlier Palace was built before the great temple
at|Hawara, and it is not unlikely that the
Egyptian building, long vanished, acquired the
name ' labyrinth ' as a result of a resemblance to
the ' Place of the Double-axe ' at Knossos. For
the slightly earlier temple of Mentuhetep discovered
at Deir el-Bahari does actually resemble the
palace at Knossos in some important features.
Even without the testimony of classic authors as
to the mazy character of the vast Egyptian
structure, the derived meaning of the word
' labyrinth' is entirely comprehensible to one
acquainted with the intricate plan of the palace
at Knossos.
fat On the walls of the Knossian palace the bull is
represented so frequently that the Minos-Bull may
be taken as a heraldic beast. If at the end of the
Boer War, hostages had been sent from the Trans-
vaal to England and imprisoned or executed,
it might well have been said that the British Lion
devoured them. Grote quotes with disapproval
a theory advanced even in his day that the tribute
of human victims paid by Athens to Minos was a
historical fact. We have better reason for believing
it. Furthermore, in view of the Knossian frescoes.
Dr. Evans thinks it probable that contests in the
arena between men and bulls date from Minoan
times, and "that the legend of Athenian persons
devoured by the Minotaur preserves a real tradi-
tion of these cruel sports."