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"[[Heracles|Herakles]], having slain [[Hippolyta|Hippolyte]] and taken her axe away from her with the rest of her arms, gave it to [[Omphale]]. The kings of Lydia who succeeded her carried this as one of their sacred insignia of office and passed it down from father to son until it was passed to [[Candaules]], who disdained it and gave it to one of his companions to carry. When [[Gyges of Lydia|Gyges]] rebelled and was making war upon Candaules, Arselis came with a force from [[Milas|Mylasa]] to assist Gyges; Arselis then slew Candaules and his companion and took the axe to [[Caria]] with the other spoils of war. And, having set up a statue of Zeus, Arselis put the axe in his hand and invoked the god, [[Labraunda|Labrandeus]]."<ref name=Plutarch-Moralia-45>{{cite book |author=[[Plutarch]] |title=[[Moralia]] |trans-title=Greek Questions |at=45, 2.302a}}</ref>
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Many scholars including Evans assert that the word ''[[labyrinth]]'' is derived from ''labrys'' and thus, would imply 'house of the double axe'.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |year=2012 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |place=Oxford, UK |page=960 |edition=4th |isbn=978-0199545568 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ&q=dapurito+linear+B}}</ref> A priestly corporation in [[Delphi]] was named ''Labyades''; the original name was probably ''Labryades'', servants of the double axe. In Roman times at [[Patrai]] and [[Messene]], a goddess [[Laphria (festival)|Laphria]] was worshipped, commonly identified with [[Artemis]]. Her name was said to be derived from the region around Delphi.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Gods, Heroes and Tyrants: Greek chronology in chaos |first=Emmet John |last=Sweeney |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=9780875866826 |date=2009 |page=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wI6zh4E06TgC&q=Labryades&pg=PA116}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |first1=Nicolas |last1=Platon |first2=Béatrice |last2=de Tournay |date=2015-05-18 |title=La Civilisation égéenne: Le Bronze récent et la civilisation mycénienne |trans-title=Aegean Civilization: The late Bronze Age and the civilization of the Mycenaeans |publisher=Albin Michel |isbn=9782226341075 |page=iii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJVtCQAAQBAJ&q=Labryades&pg=PA178}}</ref>
In [[Crete]] the "double axe" is not a weapon, however, and it always accompanies women, not a male god.<ref>Nilsson, vol. 1, p. 277.</ref> [[Robert S.P. Beekes|Beekes]] regards the relation of ''labyrinth'' with ''labrys'' as speculative, and rather proposes a relation with {{lang|grc-Latn|laura}} ({{lang|grc|{{math|λαύρα}} }}), 'narrow street', or to the Carian [[theonym]] Dabraundos ({{lang|grc|{{math|Δαβραυ��δος}} }}).<ref name=Beekes>{{cite book |last=Beekes |first=Robert |title=Etymological Dictionary of "Greek |year=2009 |page=819 |publisher=Brill |location=Boston, MA |isbn=978-9004174184}}</ref>
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