(Derivation of swastika, triskelion, etc.)
III. THE CLASSIC LABYRINTHS
(i) The Egyptian Labyrinth
Herodotus. ii. 148–9.
Diodorus Siculus. I. iv. 61, 66.
Strabo. XVII. i. 37.
Pomponius Mela. "De situ orbis."
Pliny. "Hist. Nat." xxxvi. 19.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. "The Labyrinth, Gerzeh, and Mazghuneh" (London School of Archaeology in Egypt, University College, Gower St.), 1912. Also "Kahun, Garob, and Hawara," 1890, and "Hawara, Biahmu, and Arsinoë," 1889.
How, W. W., and Wells, J. "A Commentary on Herodotus," 1912, Vol. I. p. 240, etc.
Myres, J. L., in Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, III. p. 134.
Perrot & Chipiez. "Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité" I. ("Egypte").
Fergusson's "History of Architecture," 1893, Vol. I. pp. 110–12.
Lepsius, K. R. "Denkmäler," 1859, Vol. I. pl. 46–8.
Ebers, G. M. "L'Egypte, du Caire à Philae," 1868, p. 174.
Wiedemann, A. "Herodots Zweite Buch," 1890, p. 522, etc.
Canina, L. "L'Architettura Antica," 1839–44, Sec. I. (Egiziana), Tav. 122.
Jomard, E. F. "Description de l'Egypte," 1807. Vol. IV. p. 478.
(Embodies results of Napoleon's expedition.)
Pococke, R. "A Description of the East," 1743, p. 61, etc.
Lucas, P. "Voiage de la Haute Egypte," 1705. Vol. II, p. 261, etc.
Careri, J. F. Gemelli. "A Voyage round the World," 1699. Bk. I. Ch. vi. (in Churchill's Collection, 1732, Vol. VI).
(Embodies results of Napoleon's expedition.)
(ii) The Cretan Labyrinth
Virgil. "Aeneid," V. v. 588.
Pliny. "Hist. Nat." xxxvi. 19.
Ovid. "Metamorphoses," VIII. v. 159.
Diodorus Siculus. IV. iv. 77.
Apollodorus. III. i. 3, xv. 8.
Plutarch. "Life of Theseus."
Meursius, J. (Graevius, J. G.). "Creta, Cyprus et Rhodus." Amsterdam, 1675.
(Gives very comprehensive references to the Cretan Labyrinth in classical and mediaeval literature.)
Evans, Sir A. J. "Excavations at Knossos," in Annals of the British School at Athens, Vol. VIII, 1902. "Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult" in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. XXI, 1901. "The Tomb of the Double Axes at Knossos" in Archaeologia, Vol. LXV, 1914. "The Palace of Minos at Knossos," Vol. I, 1921. Article in The Times of July 14, 1922, p. 11.
Rouse, W. H. D. "The Double Axe and the Labyrinth" in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. XXI, 1901.
Hall, H. R. "The Two Labyrinths" in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. XXV, 1905. "Aegean Archaeology," 1912.
Burrows, R. M. "Discoveries in Crete," 1907.
Glasgow, G. "The Discoveries in Crete" in "Discovery," Vol. I, 1920.
(A general review to date.)
Mosso, A. "The Palaces of Crete," 1907.
Hawes, C. H. and H. B. "Crete the Forerunner of Greece," 1909.
Cook, A. B. Op. cit., 1914.
Baikie, J. "The Sea-Kings of Crete," 1920.
Frazer, Sir J. G. Op. cit., 1911.
Spratt, T. A. B. "Travels in Crete," 1865.
Sieber, F. W. "Reise nach der Insel Kreta in 1817," 1823.
Hoeck, C. "Kreta," 1823–29.
Cockerell, C. R., R.A. "Travels in Southern Europe," 1810–17. Edited by his son, S. P. Cockerell, 1903. Ch. xi.
(Cavern of Gortyna.)
Savary, C. E. "Lettres sur la Grèce," 1788 (Trans. in Annual Register, 1789, Pt. II. pp. 90–98).
Tournefort, G. P. de. "Voyage du Levant," 1717 (Trans. by J. Ozell, 1718).
Caumont, Le Seigneur de ("Nompar II"). "Voyage d'oultremer en Jhérusalem," 1418, Brit. Mus. Egerton MSS. 890, fol. 2, ed. by Marquis de la Grange and printed Paris, 1858, p. 42.
Florentine Picture Chronicle, XV. Century. Brit. Mus. Prints 197d 3 fol. 50–51.
Italian Engraving, School of Maso Finiguerra. Brit. Mus. A. II. 10b.
(Gives very comprehensive references to the Cretan Labyrinth in classical and mediaeval literature.)
(A general review to date.)
(Cavern of Gortyna.)