Editing Labrys (section)

{{Short description|Cretan double-bladed axe}}
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[[File:Minoan Labrys1.jpg|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/150472/votive-double-ax |website=Museum of Fine Arts Boston |title=Votive double ax}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=MacGillivray |first1=Joseph |url=https://www.academia.edu/2143502 |title=Athanasia. The Earthly, the Celestial and the Underworld in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. N. Ch. Stampolidis, A. Kanta and A. Giannikouri (eds.) |date=2012 |publisher=MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY |isbn=978-960-7143-40-2 |chapter=The Minoan Double Axe Goddess and Her Astral Realm}}</ref>|257x257px]]

'''''Labrys''''' ({{langx|el|λάβρυς|lábrys}}) is, according to [[Plutarch]] (''Quaestiones Graecae'' 2.302a), the [[Lydian language|Lydian word]] for the [[Axe#Components|double-bitted]] [[axe]]. In Greek it was called {{lang|grc|πέλεκυς}} (''pélekys''). The plural of ''labrys'' is '''''labryes''''' ({{lang|grc|λάβρυες}}).