IMAGERY OF MARINE LIFEIMAGERY OF MARINE LIFE IN IN MINOAN MINOAN TIMESTIMES::

THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Anastasios EleftheriouAnastasios EleftheriouEmeritus ProfessorEmeritus Professor University of CreteUniversity of Crete

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INTRODUCTION

Cities of Minoan Crete

Knossos viewed from air

Knossos reconstruction

Knossos palace interior

Pylos palace interior

MARITIME NATION: marine fresco

MARITIME NATION: marine representations

Minoan naval links

Altar with painted dolphins

Fishing: implements

Fishermen from Thera

Fisherman: sealstone

Vase with nets and fish

Dolphin fresco from Knossos

Flying fish fresco-Phyllakopi

Complex representations: crab print

Complex representations: jugs, vases, beakers

Complex representations: jugs,vases,beakers

Complex representations: cup with tritons

Complex representations: rhyton

Complex representations: vase

Complex representations: jugs,vases,beakers

Ceremonial objects and aspects

Ceremonial objects and aspects

Museum shell collections: Knossos

Museum shell collections: Knossos

Ceremonial objects and aspects

Museum shell collections: Knossos

Fish vertebrae necklace items

Museum shell collections: Patella item

Moulds with object

Faience rhyton: argonaut from Zakros

Tonna object in stone

Ceremonial object: serpentine

The Catastrophe

The Catastrophe

After the Catastrophe: Mycenean style

After the Catastrophe: Mycenean style

After the Catastrophe: Mycenean style

After the catastrophe:Mycenean style

After the catastrophe:Mycenean style

Hellenistic view of marine life

Roman mosaic with marine animals