labrys
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thumb|right|Minoan gold votive double axe or labrys, less than 4 inches tall. On the left blade is an inscription in undeciphered Linear A; possibly an invocation to the goddess Demeter.|257x257px
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- Etymology
- Minoan double axe
- Ancient Thracian Odrysian Kingdom
- Double axes in the Near East
- Ancient Greece
- Roman Crete
- Modern uses
- Weapon
- Sport
- Symbolism
- Religion and spirituality
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thumb|right|Minoan gold votive double axe or labrys, less than 4 inches tall. On the left blade is an inscription in undeciphered Linear A; possibly an invocation to the goddess Demeter.|257x257px
Labrys () is, according to Plutarch (Quaestiones Graecae 2.302a), the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. In Greek it was called (pélekys). The plural of labrys is labryes ().
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