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Knossos

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Knos·sos also Cnos·sos or Cnos·sus  (nss)
An ancient city of northern Crete near present-day Iráklion. The center of a Bronze Age culture that probably flourished from c. 2000 to 1400 b.c., it is the traditional site of the labyrinth of Daedalus and the palace of King Minos.
Knossos, Cnossus [ˈnɒsəs ˈknɒs-]
n
(Placename) a ruined city in N central Crete: remains of the Minoan Bronze Age civilization
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Noun1.KnossosKnossos - an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC
Cnossos, Cnossus


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Ever since King Minos of Crete created a giant labyrinth beneath his palace at Knossos to confine the Minotaur, the monstrous chimeric progeny of his wife's liaison with a bull, mazes and labyrinths have exerted a powerful sway on human cultural imagination.
This striking new maze in the grounds of Kielder Castle in ... by The Architectural Review
Murals in the palace of Knossos on Crete depict saffron harvesters, and saffron is mentioned in the Song of Solomon.
International maritime stews by Berkoff, Nancy / Vegetarian Journal
What really engages the reader is the consistency of Kindl's ability to imagine what it would have been like for a princess on Crete to live in the labyrinthine Palace of Knossos, to love her family and to be in love with a slave, to try--and fail--to save those she loves, and to go on to live after that failure.
Patrice Kindl Lost in the Labyrinth by Burkam, Anita L. / The Horn Book Magazine
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