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  • proper noun Alternative form of Knossos.

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  • noun an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC

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Examples

  • Then came the announcement in 1952 of Michael Ventris's unexpected discovery that Greek was the language of most of the clay tablets found in Cnossus, Mycenae, and Pylos, those inscribed near the end of the Bronze Age in the cumbersome script which Evans called Linear B.

    Alsop's Archaeology Finley, M.I. 1964

  • And at last they came to Crete, and to Cnossus, beneath the peaks of Ida, and to the palace of Minos the great king, to whom Zeus himself taught laws.

    Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

  • And from it a divine fragrance breathed from the time when the king of Nysa himself lay to rest thereon, flushed with wine and nectar as he clasped the beauteous breast of the maiden-daughter of Minos, whom once Theseus forsook in the island of Dia, when she had followed him from Cnossus.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • ‘In that order of importance,’ said her husband, glancing amusedly at Miss Topas and her American professor, who were disagreeing about Cnossus.

    Laurels are Poison Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1942

  • ‘In that order of importance,’ said her husband, glancing amusedly at Miss Topas and her American professor, who were disagreeing about Cnossus.

    Laurels are Poison Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1942

  • Cnossus and Pithom and the Temple of Athena in the Acropolis.

    Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

  • Thus Minos, king of Cnossus in Crete, whose great palace has been unearthed in recent years, is said to have held office for periods of eight years together.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • The story of human progress in the West is the story of Memphis, Thebes, Babylon, Nineveh, Cnossus, Athens,

    Horace and His Influence Showerman, Grant, 1870-1935 1922

  • Thus Minos, king of Cnossus in Crete, whose great palace has been unearthed in recent years, is said to have held office for periods of eight years together.

    Chapter 24. The Killing of the Divine King. § 3. Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term 1922

  • Finally in the fifteenth century before our era he plundered and ravaged Cnossus and ten centuries after their first appearance upon the scene the Hellenes were the undisputed rulers of Greece, of the Ægean and of the coastal regions of Asia Minor.

    The Story of Mankind 1921

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