page_title: Labrys
hierarchical_section_title: Labrys
context_page_description: Labrys is, according to Plutarch, the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe.
context_section_description: Labrys (Greek: λάβρυς, romanized: lábrus) is, according to Plutarch (Quaestiones Graecae 2.302a), the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. (Greek: πέλεκυς, pélekus).
caption: Bronze Age axe from the tholos tombs of Messara in Crete
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