Villa D'este Quotes

The adoration of an empty throne has ancient roots and can be found in the Upanishads. In Mycenaean Greece, the throne discovered in the so-called Throne Room in Knossos is, according to the archaeologists, an object of worship and not a seat designed to be used. The bas-relief in the Medici Villa in Rome, which represents the empty throne from the front and surmounted by a crown surrounded by towers, appear to testify to a cult of the throne in the rites of the Magna Mater."[241] As an aside, it is interesting to note here that the goddess Isis is depicted with a throne headdress.