Ecstatic Dance
Woman dancing in ecstasy, her head thrown back, back arched, and arms pumping. There appears to be a butterfly or labrys above her, and a shrine in the background. Seal from Knossos, circa 1400.
Sacramental dancer on stone seal from Vapheio, near Sparta
A bare-breasted priestess brandishes a sword and staff in this stone Cretan seal.
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Cretan women circe-dancing, and the one in center playing a lyre. From Palaikastro, Crete, around 1300-1100.
Another view of the circle dance. Numerous examples of female circle dances are known from the ancient Aegean.
