More on the Labyrinth on the Coins of Knossos
In his ‘Natural History’ (36.84-93), Pliny the Elder lists four buildings termed ‘labyrinths’. His second labyrinth, which came directly after the Egyptian one, was built by Daedalus in Crete, not far from Knossos, and appears on Knossian coins as the symbol of Knossos. The main aim of this article...
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2013-12-01
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Series: | Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization |
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Online Access: | https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3052 |