Stainless Steel Cuff Bracelet - Large Greek Key and Minoan Spiral Motifs Style B237

This stainless steel cuff bracelet features the traditional Greek Key and Minoan Spiral Motifs. The bracelet hinge opens on the side of the bracelet. It has a hammered or punched silver texture.

Imported from Greece
Stainless Steel
Approx. Diameter 70mm (2.76 in) x 50mm (1.97 in)
Approx. Width 40mm (1.57 in)
(Photos are not actual size)

History
In art and architecture, a meander is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also called the Greek Fret or Greek Key design, although these are modern words. The name "meander" recalls the twisting and turning path of the Maeander River. Meanders were among the most important symbols in ancient Greece; they, perhaps, symbolized infinity and unity; many ancient Greek temples incorporated the sign of the meander.

The swirl motif is inspired by the Ancient Greek mythological Labyrinth, which was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, a creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Daedalus had made the Labyrinth so cunningly that he himself could barely escape it after he built it. Theseus was aided by Ariadne, who provided him with a skein of thread, literally the "clew", or "clue", so he could find his way out again.