Aahmes, founder of Eighteenth Dynasty, 147 Abnub, 82, 155, 203 Abydos: First Dynasty graves at, 142, 191; Twelfth Dynasty grave at, 150, 199 Achaeans: position of, in Homeric poems, 23; manners of, 26; invasion of Greece, 62; influence of, on Cretan customs, 178; conquest of Mycenae, 182; modifications of Minoan religion by, 247 Achilles: arms of, 27; shield of, 27, 28, 58, 74 AEgean, 13 AEgeus, King of Athens, 10-13 Agamemnon, Tomb of, 37, 42, 43, 45, 46 Agriculture, Minoan, 226 Aigaios, Mount, 136 Aithra, mother of Theseus, 11 Akhenaten, 163, 173, 174, 185, 208 Alabastron of Khyan, 93 Alcinous, Palace of, 25, 26, 47, 49, 56 Altar: in Dictaean Cave, 137; at Shaft-Graves, 251 Amaltheia, 7, 111 Amenemhat III., 150; Labyrinth of, 150-155; pyramid of, 47; cylinders of, 199 Amenhotep, II., 174 Amenhotep III., 158, 162, 173, 174, 184, 185, 208 Amen-Ra, statuette of, in Dictaean Cave, 137 Amor, Amorites, 165 Amorgos, 193 Anatolia, 6; Minoan settlements in, 184 Androgeos, son of Minos, 10 Andromache, 24, 41 Aniconic worship, 245, 246 Aphrodite: aspect of Cretan goddess, 104, 122; identified with Minoan goddess, 247 Aqayuasha invade Egypt, 164 Archon, the King, 108 Argives, 166 Argolid: place of, in Greek history, 22; conquest of, by Achaeans, 182 Ariadne, 3, 179; flees with Theseus and deserted by him, 13; Choros of, at Knossos, 103; title of Cretan goddess, 104, 122 Aristides, 'The Unjust,' 240 Armour: Homeric, 26-28, 61; Mycenaean, 61 Army, Minoan, 225, 226 Arrows, deposits of, at Knossos, 110, 225 Artemis Dictynna, aspect of Cretan goddess, 122, 247 Asia, community of religious conceptions between Crete and, 141 Athens: conquered by Minos, 10, 170; place in Homeric poems, 21 Atlantis, Plato's legend of, 257-259 Atreus, Treasury of, 43, 46-48 Axos, 166 B Babylonia, relations with Crete, 139-142 Bacchylides, legend of Theseus and the ring of Minos, 13 Basilica, origin of, 108 Bathroom of Queen's Megaron, 95 Beak-jugs=schnabelkanne, _q.v._ Beehive chamber at Knossos, 113, 114 Beehive tombs: at Mycenae, 46-48, 56; at Orchomenos, 48, 56; at Phaestos, 229 Bliss finds Minoan pottery at Telles-Safi, 167 Boghaz-Keui, treaty between Hittites and Egyptians discovered at, 162 Bosanquet, Mr.: Minoan purple, 133; marine decoration, 204 Boxer Vase, the, 124, 169, 172, 204 Boxing, Minoan, 103 Breasted, H., Egyptian chronology, 148 Britomartis, 122 Bronze, use of, for weapons, 27, 60, 228 Browne, H., 'Homeric Study,' 30-32, 62 Bucchero: deposit of, at Knossos, 66, 189, 191; at Abydos, 142, 143 Buegelkanne=stirrup-vases, _q.v._ Bull: fresco of, at Tiryns, 49, 90; at Knossos, 66; relief of, at Knossos, 77, 78, 172; fresco, 88, 89 Bull-god, 105, 252, 253 Bull-grappling, 88-91, 257, 258 Bunarbashi, supposed site of Troy, 38 Burial, 58-60 Burrows, Professor: quoted, 88, 98, 99, 108, 109, 122, 174, 177; Minoan art in Egypt, 185 Button seals, 143, 194 Byblos, Wen-Amon at, 186 C
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