Hagia Triada
Minoan | |
Site notes | |
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Excavation dates | 1902-1914, 1934-1936, 1939, 1950, 1977-present |
Archaeologists | Federico Halbherr, Luigi Pernier |
Management | 23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquitites |
Public access | Yes |
Hagia Triada (also Ayia Triada, Agia Triada, Agia Trias, Greek:
Geography
Hagia Triada is in south central Crete, 30–40 meters above sea level. It lies four kilometers west of
After the catastrophe of
Archaeology
Hagia Triada, as was nearby Phaistos, was excavated from 1900 to 1908 by a group from the Italian Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, directed by Federico Halbherr and Luigi Pernier. The site includes a town and a miniature "palace", an ancient drainage system servicing both, and Early Minoan tholos tombs. The settlement was in use, in various forms, from Early Minoan I until the site's destruction by fire in Late Minoan IB.
Archaeologists unearthed the
In the center of one of the long sides of the sarcophagus is the scene of a bull sacrifice. On the left of the second long side, a woman who is wearing a crown is carrying two vessels. By her side, a man dressed in a long robe is playing a seven-stringed lyre. This is the earliest known picture of the classical-Greek lyre.
In front of them, another woman is emptying the contents of a vessel—perhaps the blood of the sacrificed bull—into a second vessel, possibly as an invocation to the soul of the deceased.
It seems that, in Crete, some festivals corresponded to later Greek festivals.[6] An agrarian procession is depicted on the "Harvester Vase", or "Vase of the Winnowers", which was found in Hagia Triada. The vase is dated from the last phase of the neopalatial period (LM II). Men are walking in twos with rods on their shoulders. The leader is dressed in a priestly robe with a fringe and is carrying a stick. A group of musicians accompany with song, and one of them holds the Egyptian sistrum.[7][8]
See also
- Asterousia Mountains
- Kalyvia
- Kommos
- Psiloriti Range
References
- ISBN 978-0199873609.
- ^ Crete: The Archaeological Site of Agia Triada
- ^ J.A.Sakellarakis, "Herakleion Museum. Illustrated guide to the Museum" pp. 113,114. Ekdotike Athinon. Athens 1987
- ^ a b F.Schachermeyer (1972), Die Minoische Kultur des alten Kreta. Kohlhammer Verlag Stuttgart, p. 172, 185
- ^ J.A.Sakellarakis, "Herakleion Museum. Illustrated guide to the Museum" p. 114. Ekdotike Athinon. Athens 1987
- ^ Walter Burkert (1985), Greek religion, p. 42
- ^ J.A.Sakellarakis, "Herakleion Museum. Illustrated guide to the Museum" p. 64. Ekdotike Athinon. Athens 1987
- ^ F.Schachermeyer (1967) p. 144