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VAPHIO , an ancient site in Laconia, Greece
bank of the Eurotas, some 5 M. S. of Sparta
long , leading to a vaulted chamber some 33 ft. in diameter , in the floor of which the actual grave was cut. The objects found here and transferred to the National Museum in Athens include a large number of gems and amethyst beads, together with articles in gold, silver, bronze, iron , lead, amber and crystal. But by far the finest of them are two golden cups decorated with scenes in relief
Crete , which at that early period was far ahead of main-land
Greece
stated, is now almost entirely destroyed. See C. Tsountas, 'E epls 'ApXaw oyc,$ (1889), 136172; J. G. Frazer, Pausanias's Description of Greece, iii. 135 f. (with full bibliography); W. Ridgeway, The Early Age of Greece, i. 2628; R. C. Bosanquet, Journal of Hellenic Studies (1904), xxiv. 317 ff. ; A. Riegl, Jahreshefte d. Cistern arch
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