The Knossos Labyrinth: A New View of the `Palace of Minos' at Knossos

by Castleden; Rodney

• ISBN13: 9780415033152
• ISBN10: 0415033152
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-12-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Theseus, King Minos, the Minotaur . . . the myth and romance surrounding Knossos has forever seduced archaeologists and even more casual readers of Homer. Some eighty years ago famed scholar Arthur Evans travelled to Crete and, like Schliemann at Troy, believed that he had finally located the reality behind Homeric verse. Building on the work of Evans and on his own research, Castleden offers an alternative view of this mysterious site. Although the reconstruction of the remains makes it almost impossible to imagine a different interpretation-- Castleden painstakingly reconstructs for us a fascinating portrait of the life that filled and surrounded the Labyrinth. Detailed and engrossing,The Knossos Labyrinthreveals how the site functioned as a temple and further investigates the propbale form and purpose of its numerous rooms and chambers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
The Legendary Knossos	p. 7
The Discovery of the Labyrinth	p. 18
Arthur Evans and the 1900 Dig at Knossos	p. 27
The Neolithic and Pre-Palace Periods at Knossos	p. 38
The Bronze Age Palace: Sir Arthur Evans' Interpretation	p. 43
Wunderlich's 'Palace of the Dead'	p. 59
The Temple of the Goddesses	p. 70
Beyond the Labyrinth Walls	p. 96
The Lady of the Labyrinth	p. 105
The Bull Dance	p. 130
The Thera Eruption	p. 140
The Fall of the Labyrinth	p. 152
The Journey of the Soul	p. 160
	p. 180
	p. 182
Notes on the Illustrations	p. 183
References	p. 191
Index	p. 197
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