The A-Maze-ing Hollywood Stone
Full title: The Holywood Stone and the Labyrinth of Knossos
Creator / Author: Goddard H. Orpen (1852-1932)
Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 13pp
Journal Information: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series, Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 177-189
When Published: December 1923
Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin
About: The Hollywood Stone is a large decorated stone which was found in 1908 face downwards close to the Pilgrim’s Road which leads to Glendalough. The author, having originally assumed that the decoration represented a cross, now proposes that the design really is of a type of maze or labyrinth that is associated with that of the Minotaur at Knossos in Crete. This article looks at the history of this pattern, also known as the ‘Game of Troy’, and compares the Hollyood example with others from abroad.
ID number(s): 0035-9106
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