The Modeled Ship | Part 1: The gift of Kinyras, and the honeycomb boats
"But he [Kinyras] made a gift of a breastplate for Agamemnon, who was not present; and vowing to send fifty ships, he sent one ... And molding the rest out of clay, he launched them into the sea." This story of modeled ships starts with Kinyras, a King of Cyprus; then continues with evidence of votive offerings in Crete. Read more