Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development

CHAPTER XVIII

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THE DANCE OR GAME OF TROY

"Troy" in Labyrinth Names--An old French Reference--The Vase of Tragliatella--Virgil's Account of the Troy Game--The Delian Crane Dance--Knossos and Troy--Ariadne's Dance-- Spring-Rites--"Sympathetic Magic"--Sword and Morris Dances--Troy-dances in Mediaeval Germany and in Modern Serbia--Preservation of the English Traditions 156-163