CHAPTER VIII

THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART

The Meander and other Rudimentary Forms--Seal-impressions-- Coins of Knossos--"Unicursal" Nature of the Knossian Design--Graffito of Pompeii--The _Casa del Labirinto_-- Roman Mosaic Pavements--The _Tholos_ of Epidaurus-- Labyrinthine Structure at Tiryns--Greek Pottery--Etruscan Vase--The Labyrinth on Gems and Robes 42-53