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Knossian, a.|ˈknɒsɪən, ˈknəʊ-|
Also Cnossian.
[f. Gr. κνωσσός Knossos or Cnossos + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Knossos, a city in ancient Crete, where, according to classical tradition, King Minos ruled and kept the Minotaur in a labyrinth; historically, the centre of the Minoan civilization as revealed by the ruins of a vast labyrinthine palace (18th–14th centuries b.c.). Also as n.
1894A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. XIV. 283 The incised marks on the slabs of the Knôsian building do not..stand alone. 1895H. S. Jones tr. Sel. Passages Anc. Writers i. i. 4 The Knossians also possess the dance of Ariadne, a relief in white marble. 1900A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VI. 16 An artistic advance which..was not reached till the fifth century before our era, some eight or nine centuries later than the date of this Knossian fresco. Ibid. 59 Out of about 25 distinct signs..near parallels to about 6 occur in the Knossian linear series. 1909― Scripta Minoa I. i. iii. 21 A perfect clay bar of the same general class as some of those from the Knossian deposit..had been acquired... The first stage represented by the existing West Wing of the Knossian palace goes far back into the Second Middle Minoan Age. 1939J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete iv. 180 L.M. 11 vases of Knossian fabric in L.M. 1 deposits at Pseira. 1950G. E. Daniel 100 Yrs. Archaeol. vi. 192 To the great Bronze Age civilisation which he discovered in Crete, Sir Arthur Evans gave the name Minoan... Other names were suggested, such as Knossian, Cretan, or Aegean. 1962Times 21 Apr. 9/6 Deposits are ‘telescoped’, material of several Knossian periods being represented in a single layer of rubbish... It cannot be assigned..to any particular subdivision of the Knossian system. 1963Listener 21 Mar. 495/1 The Cnossian ruler's contemporaries in Egypt. |