When I was in Athens on vacation with my parents a few years ago, I purchased a mosaic ring which I now wear almost every day. We saw these mosaic type rings in a number of different stores and searched until we found a motif that I really loved. Something about this image tugged at my memory, but I could never place it, until a few weeks ago in the middle of my History of Interior lecture.
This is my ring:
This is the "Prince of the Lilies' fresco at the Palace of Knossos on Crete:
No wonder the image felt familiar, I'm sure that Ms. Cottrell my beloved highschool Latin teacher showed me this among many other frescoes when she would wax on about the glories of Knossos (home of the mythical labyrinth of the Minotaur). Now I'm even more excited to wear it all the time!
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