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298 THE MYCENAEAN AGE
emblem, the dove fluttering about her. And Schliemann's
" helmeted warrior in bronze" from Tiryns, as well as its
fellow from Mycenae, might have passed for the war-god
himself.
But not only did the Mycenaeans make images of their
gods; they also pictured them on their signets and in their
Works of paintings. On their engraved gems we often meet
Sacred Art yfifa a goddess whom we have not identified
among their idols. She is a buxom figure, with full breasts
e aved and broad hips, now with the bended bow (Fig.
eem 153), now throttling a goat (Figs. 154,155), now
grasping the necks of a brace of birds (Fig-. 105). If
Aphrodite is betrayed by her doves, we certainly have here
Figs. 153-155. Artemis Gem3
the full insignia of Artemis, sacred goat and all — in one
case with a nymph to attend her.
Perhaps the most important — as it is the most warmly
contested religious document of this general class — is the
The Great great gold signet which we have already repro-
ienet dueed and discussed as an illustration of Myce-
naean dress (Fig. 65). It is a crowded picture. Overhead,
we see sun and crescent moon above the cloud-canopy, and
just below on the left a figure armed with notched shield
and spear, while the central space is filled by a double axe;
on the terrestrial level, we have a more animated group, —
a stately female figure, seated under a tree, while three
women approach her with offerings of flowers, and behind
emblem, the dove fluttering about her. And Schliemann's
" helmeted warrior in bronze" from Tiryns, as well as its
fellow from Mycenae, might have passed for the war-god
himself.
But not only did the Mycenaeans make images of their
gods; they also pictured them on their signets and in their
Works of paintings. On their engraved gems we often meet
Sacred Art yfifa a goddess whom we have not identified
among their idols. She is a buxom figure, with full breasts
e aved and broad hips, now with the bended bow (Fig.
eem 153), now throttling a goat (Figs. 154,155), now
grasping the necks of a brace of birds (Fig-. 105). If
Aphrodite is betrayed by her doves, we certainly have here
Figs. 153-155. Artemis Gem3
the full insignia of Artemis, sacred goat and all — in one
case with a nymph to attend her.
Perhaps the most important — as it is the most warmly
contested religious document of this general class — is the
The Great great gold signet which we have already repro-
ienet dueed and discussed as an illustration of Myce-
naean dress (Fig. 65). It is a crowded picture. Overhead,
we see sun and crescent moon above the cloud-canopy, and
just below on the left a figure armed with notched shield
and spear, while the central space is filled by a double axe;
on the terrestrial level, we have a more animated group, —
a stately female figure, seated under a tree, while three
women approach her with offerings of flowers, and behind