IliadClassical · Greek
Cretan city referenced as the site of Daedalus's legendary dancing-floor.
Furthermore he wrought a green, like that which Daedalus once made in Knossos for lovely Ariadne.
book 18 ¶ OdysseyClassical · Greek
The great city of Crete where Minos is said to have reigned.
There is a great town there, Knossos, where Minos reigned who every nine years had a conference with Zeus himself.
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