Chapter II: Preface: 7

1 CRETE THE FORERUNNER OF GREECE 13

2 THE SEA-FARING PEOPLE OF CRETE 20

3 MINOS AND THE MINOTAUR 24

4 KNOSSOS 30

5 PREHISTORIC ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE 37

6 INTERNAL POLITICS: THE RELATIONS OF KNOSSOS
AND PHÆSTOS 44

7 MINOAN ARCHITECTURE AND FRESCO PAINTING 48

8 THE POTTERY 55

9 THE ORIGIN OF WRITING 65

10 CRETAN RELIGION 75

11 MEN AND WOMEN, CLOTHES AND CUSTOMS 83

12 FROM PREHISTORIC CRETE TO CLASSICAL GREECE 90

INDEX 93

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A Lady of the Minoan Court _Frontispiece_

Bull Leaping _facing page_ 35

The Cupbearer ” 39

Polychrome Cups ” 62