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To: Verginius Rufus; All

Actually I wasn’t thinking of these Greeks being attacked, but rather to what extent they might have been a part of the Sea People’s activities. Regarding two fine bull cups, I wonder if these might have been a relic of the bull leaping cults of Crete. I would love to see what they looked like for further clues.


12 posted on 02/11/2015 12:08:05 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin
There is a passage in the Odyssey where Odysseus is telling of his adventures as a raider, which some have thought might resemble the actual activities of one of the so-called Sea Peoples.

Google "Vapheio cups" and the first item is "images of Vapheio cups" which has a lot of good photos of them. The Wikipedia article "Vaphio" also has a link to some images but they aren't as close-up.

15 posted on 02/11/2015 6:14:24 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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