THE

PALACE OF MINOS

A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SUCCESSIVE

STAGES OF THE EARLY CRETAN CIVILIZATION

AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DISCOVERIES

AT KNOSSOS

By SIR ARTHUR JVANS

D.LITT., ETC., F.R.S., F.B.A., ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST R.LB.A.
GOLD MEDALLIST SOC. ANTS. LOND.

FOREIGN MEMIIEK OF THE R.ACAD. OF THE I.INCEI, OF THE BAVARIAN, K DANISH, SWEDISH, AND ATHENS ACADS.

OF THE GOTTINGEN SOC. OF SCIENCES, OF THE K.ACAD. OF SCIENCES. AMSTERDAM, OF THE GBRMAN, AUSTRIAN

AND AMERICAN ARCH. 1NSTS. AND THE ARCH. SoC. OF ATHENS: CORRESPONDANT »E L'INSTTTUT DE FRANCE

HONORARY KEEPER AND PERPETUAL VISITOR OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD : HON. FELLOW

OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE

Volume IV : Part I

EMERGENCE OF OUTER WESTERN ENCEINTE, WITH
NEW ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTISTIC AND RELIGIOUS, OF
THE MIDDLE MINOAN PHASE : CHRYSELEPHANTINE
' LADY OF SPORTS ', ' SNAKE ROOM' AND FULL STORY
OF THE CULT : LATE MINOAN CERAMIC EVOLUTION
AND 'PALACE STYLE'

WITH FIGURES 1-315 IN THE TEXT, PUNS, AND
COLOURED AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1935