Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and DevelopmentMatthews, W. H.
History
Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development
Matthews, W. H.
Labyrinths; Maze gardens
MEYER, W. "Ein Labyrinth mit Versen" in _Sitz. der phil., &c., Classe
der k.b. Ak. zu München_, 1882, Bd. II, Heft. I, pp. 267-300, and
_Nachtrag_ on p. 400.
KRAUSE, E. "Die nordische Herkunft der Trojasage," 1893.
(Shows how typical labyrinth figures may be derived from
Northumbrian rock engravings.)
REINACH, S. "Cultes, Mythes, et Réligions," 1906, Vol. II, pp. 234,
etc.
(Derivation of swastika, triskelion, etc.)
DUDENEY, H. E. "Amusements in Mathematics," 1917, pp. 127-37.
INWARDS, R., on the Labyrinth on the Coins of Knossos in _Knowledge_,
October 1892.
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).
(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.
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