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THE ISLANDS IN ART 267
progress on the Islands before the destruction of Thera —
that is to say, in the earlier part of the second
.,,.,„ TT ., . ' Intermedi-
millenmum beiore our era. Hence it was m a ary role of
. . • n tut ii"' island art
position to influence Mycenaean art and bring it
into relation with the art of Troy. The Cyclades were well
placed for this intermediary rdle, and there can be little
doubt that they fulfilled it. In the old-fashioned spear-
heads of Amorgos we trace the influence of the earlier civ-
ilization on the Hellespont; in the inlaid sword-blade of
Thera we seem to see the Aegean turning its face to the
unfolding culture of Mycenae.
progress on the Islands before the destruction of Thera —
that is to say, in the earlier part of the second
.,,.,„ TT ., . ' Intermedi-
millenmum beiore our era. Hence it was m a ary role of
. . • n tut ii"' island art
position to influence Mycenaean art and bring it
into relation with the art of Troy. The Cyclades were well
placed for this intermediary rdle, and there can be little
doubt that they fulfilled it. In the old-fashioned spear-
heads of Amorgos we trace the influence of the earlier civ-
ilization on the Hellespont; in the inlaid sword-blade of
Thera we seem to see the Aegean turning its face to the
unfolding culture of Mycenae.