Le Pancratium dans l'antiquité

Le Pancratium, stylisé, est un motif fréquent des murs peints et fresques de la période minoène.

Thyra (Santorin)

Mur peint de la "chambre des dames" ("maison des dames") :

• http://noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/AGW/SanWallP.htm
• Pancratium [jpg], Lilium et Crocus sur les fresques : www.valentine.gr/santorini_eng.htm

Cnossos (Crète)

• www.therafoundation.org/articles/environmentflorafauna/ prehistoricplantsoftheislandsoftheaegeanseadaffodilspancratiummaritimum
• Evans, Sir Arthur. The Palace of Minos. A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries. Vol. II: Part II. Town-Houses in Knossos of the New Era and Restored West Palace Section, with its State Approach. New York: Biblo and Tannen:. 1964. [www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/DecorativeAA/Knossos.htm, Knossos2.htm] (Citation de Pancratium, Lilium, Crocus.)

Bibliographie*

• Porter, R. 2000?. The Theran Wall Paintings Flora: Living Plants and Motifs - Sea Lily, Crocus, Iris, Ivy. in S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First international Symposium "The Wall Paintings of Thera" II (Athens 2000) 603-630.
• Baumann, H. 2006. Von Lilienblüten aus minoischer Sicht (Lily flowers in Minoan art). Willdenowia 36 (Special Issue): 389-395.