CHAPTER VI

THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (_continued_)

(iii) _Knossos_

Explorations of Sir Arthur Evans--Momentous Discoveries-- Unearthing of the Palaces--Their Antiquity--Description of the Great Palace--The Maze on the Wall--The Hall of the Double Axes--The Cult of the Bull--Schliemann's Researches--The Sport of Bull-Leaping--Possible Identity of the Palace with the Labyrinth 29-36